- Title: Trump battles microphone in Michigan as he courts voters in Detroit
- Date: 19th October 2024
- Summary: (SOUNDBITE) (English) REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE AND FORMER U.S. PRESIDENT, DONALD TRUMP, SAYING: "And we will make America great again. God bless you. Thank you, everybody." TRUMP DANCES ON STAGE
- Embargoed: 2nd November 2024 01:35
- Keywords: 2024 Presidential race Harris Michigan Republican Trump White House battleground microphone
- Location: DETROIT, MICHIGAN, UNITED STATES
- City: DETROIT, MICHIGAN, UNITED STATES
- Country: US
- Topics: North America,Government/Politics,Elections/Voting
- Reuters ID: LVA003305318102024RP1
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text:Former President Donald Trump returned to Michigan on Friday (October 18) pledging that he would "make Detroit great again," as he campaigned in the Midwestern battleground state.
A glitch in the microphone forced Trump to pace on stage while the system was fixed.
The Midwestern state has about 8.4 million voters and would bring the winner 15 Electoral College votes out of the 270 needed to win, which could be a decisive number. Democratic nominee Vice President Kamala Harris and Trump are battling fiercely for the state's Arab American, senior, union and working-class voters.
Trump won Michigan by 11,000 votes in 2016. In 2020, Biden beat Trump by 155,000 votes.
Harris is shifting the strategy of her whirlwind campaign to win over more Republicans and men of all races. She's also enlisting popular former first lady Michelle Obama, who will campaign for Harris in Michigan on Oct. 26.
Nationally, Harris' edge has narrowed from a late September lead of 7 percentage points over Trump to just 3 points, Reuters/Ipsos polling shows, with high food and rent prices still worrying Americans and Trump amplifying fears related to migrants crossing the U.S.-Mexico border with increasingly extreme rhetoric.
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