Trump campaign pessimistic about winning Michigan again

[RandySF]

MACKINAC ISLAND, Mich. — Donald Trump has long heralded Michigan as the crown jewel of his 2016 victory. But the president's campaign team is increasingly grim about a repeat performance in the traditionally blue Rust Belt state.

After a midterm election that decimated the ranks of Michigan Republicans, Trump's campaign is looking to other battlegrounds he lost last time — such as Minnesota and New Hampshire — that they see as more promising.

The assessment illustrates how Trump’s support in the Rust Belt states that propelled him to the presidency has softened, jeopardizing his prospects for a second term. While they say it’s too early to write off Michigan — Trump aides say the campaign still intends to pump resources into the state — a range of public polling has shown Trump in poor shape here.

“It’ll be tough,” said Greg McNeilly, a veteran GOP strategist in Michigan. Though the president overcame tough odds in 2016, winning the state by 10,704 votes, or less than 1 point, McNeilly expects Democratic turnout to be stronger in 2020. “Trump is the underdog,” he said.

With questions mounting about the president’s standing in the state, senior GOP leaders convened this weekend for the biennial Mackinac Republican Leadership Conference on the picturesque northern Michigan island. The event drew Vice President Mike Pence and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, among a range of other GOP officials.



https://www.politico.com/story/2019/09/22/trump-campaign-michigan-reelection-1507282

[catbyte]

1. Especially when pence does a dumbass, inconsiderate, vile thing like bring a fucking

MOTORCADE to Mackinac Island, for chrissakes. Horses and carriages were good enough for Jerry Ford and Bill Clinton, but oh-so-special pence needs to break all the rules. What a colossal asshole and so were the morons who were giving him a thumbs up in the video I saw. They were probably Fudgies.

On edit: For those unfamiliar with the term "Fudgies":

“Fudgies are tourists who spend time up north where they can buy fudge,” Curzan explains. She adds more Michigan expertise with the comment, “We know that 'up north' is northern Michigan, but not the Upper Peninsula.”Mar 30, 2014
The vocabulary of yoopers, trolls and fudgies | Michigan Radio

I grew up in Charlevoix, which is a small resort town along the shore of Lake Michigan about 50 miles south of the Straits of Mackinac. We Townies always made fun of them.

[Meadowoak]

2. Too many Michigan Dems just stayed home in 2016. It won't happen next time.

[roamer65]

3. I think it will be a contest with California as to who is bluer in 2020.

Michigan may come close to CA percentage wise.

Dump is going to get his ass kicked in the Metro Detroit area.

[SlogginThroughIt]

4. LET ME BE CLEAR NO %&*ING WAY HE TAKES MN

Sure it was closer than we would have liked last time but there is no fucking way that guy wins MN after his blue state targeted tax bullshit hit people here.