Summary

Trump won Dearborn and made significant gains in Hamtramck due to anger among Arab American and Muslim communities over deaths in Gaza, Lebanon, and Yemen.

Trump received 42.48% of the vote in Dearborn and 42.7% in Hamtramck, compared to 36.26% and 46.2% for Vice President Kamala Harris, respectively.

Despite Trump’s victory in Dearborn, the Republican nominee for U.S. Senator lost to the Democratic nominee.

    • NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      1
      ·
      7 days ago

      Harris’s campaign sucked even in the eyes of me, a non-American who doesn’t keep up with the nitty gritty of American politics. She had a massive headstart (remember the first while after her nomination? She was basically a messiah for democrats) and managed to lose it with her wishy washy attitude and right wing policies.

      • DarkThoughts@fedia.io
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        0
        arrow-down
        1
        ·
        7 days ago

        In another thread you were commenting how much you liked that Shitface won, and now you want people to convince that you don’t care about US politics but hoped Harris would’ve been a better candidate, without ever saying anything specific?

        • WoodScientist@lemmy.world
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          1
          ·
          7 days ago
          • Completely adopting the right-wing framing on immigration. Ended up running in favor of the most right-wing and damaging immigration bill. (She adopted it because Trump rejected the bill because he wanted to run on it.)

          • Signing on to continue Trump’s stupid border wall.

          • Adopting a policy on Gaza that was as favorable to Israel as any official policy of the Republicans.

          • Not challenging state-level laws against trans people, largely taking a state’s right position on the matter.

          • Seeking out and running on endorsements from Dick Cheney and other prominent Republicans.

          • Embracing fracking when fracking isn’t even supported by a majority of Pennsylvanians.

          • Completely abandoning medicare for all, not even making the public option a major part of her campaign.

    • Optional@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      0
      arrow-down
      1
      ·
      7 days ago

      It means they understand sweet FA about American politics and wish to lecture us on American politics.