Kamala Harris' Michigan loss highlights Democrats' weak spots

By Andrea Shalal

November 10, 20245:56 PM GMT+6Updated 2 hours ago

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• Michigan result underlines issues facing party nationwide
• 80,000 votes fewer than Trump vs. Biden's 150,000-vote gain
• Arab and Muslim Americans turned to Trump and Stein

DEARBORN, Michigan, Nov 10 (Reuters) - Democrat Kamala Harris lost Michigan by more than 80,000 votes amid a nationwide shift to Republicans, as union workers, Black voters, Arab Americans and Muslims either failed to show up at the polls, or cast their ballots for Donald Trump.

It was a bracing loss, given the state is run by a high-profile Democratic governor who expanded voting rights and it had only backed a Republican president once before in the past 22 years - Trump in 2016, and then by fewer than 11,000 votes.

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source:Reuters