Republican county commissioner has been unseated in Michigan after losing to her Democratic challenger by 20 percentage points.
Chris Kleinjans won an Ottawa County election on Tuesday with 60 percent of the vote share, while the Republican incumbent Lucy Ebel lost, having received 40 percent.
Michigan is a battleground state that will be key to November’s presidential election. Donald Trump won the county with 61 percent of the vote in 2020.
What polls showed a different result for this election? I would be surprised if there was even a poll to assess. This is a pretty obscure, small election. Like 5000 voters total.
Most (quality) polls and election forecasting show a pretty neck to neck race for Biden. That seems pretty fair at this stage.
Even if Dems are outperforming polls, I don’t want anyone feeling comfortable that Biden is going to win. Literally everyone needs to feel panic and dread about the upcoming election, and vote in downticket races as well.
Vote like it’s the last time you’ll ever have the chance.