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    3 days ago

    Trump ultimately ended up carrying Dearborn, a majority Arab American city in Michigan, by more than 6 percentage points — a massive swing from Biden’s nearly 40 point win there in 2020. But most Dearborn voters also voted against Trump, who got about 43% support in a deeply split field.

    Guess you’re not in Dearborn.

    I wonder if these people just don’t think Trump is that great a threat or still haven’t figured out how FPTP voting works yet.

    • @SulaymanF
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      Dearborn is one town among many in the area, it doesn’t completely represent the Arab-American community in the state or the Muslim-American community.

      Second, Trump pulled ahead in Dearborn because so many disgusted voters stayed home and voted for neither. Turnout was shockingly low compared to 2020, partly because both candidates had such an ugly unappealing stance on Gaza, and Dearborn wound up splitting their vote between Harris and Stein, giving Trump a mild plurality. It’s not all together different from Trump winning certain neighborhoods in the Bronx since so many people decided not to vote this year.