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New polls show Kamala Harris' chances of winning Michigan

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    20% Somewhat Conservative

  • Reliability

    30% ReliableFair

  • Policy Leaning

    40% Somewhat Conservative

  • Politician Portrayal

    19% Positive

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

57% : RealClearPolling, however, has Trump in the lead by 0.2 points on average across statewide polls.
57% : Trump will be in Traverse City on Friday night before heading to Novi, a northwest suburb of Detroit, on Saturday.
54% : According to FiveThirtyEight, Harris leads Trump in Michigan by just 0.4 percent on average, meaning the race is essentially.
47% : In 2016, Trump beat then-Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton by just 0.3 percent, securing Michigan and its 16 electoral votes.
46% : The same results occurred in a Redfield & Wilton Strategies poll earlier in the month, with Harris and Trump tied at 47 percent in a survey from October 16 to October 18.
40% : A poll by Trafalgar Group, a conservative pollster, found Trump ahead in Michigan by 2 points, based on results of 1,090 likely voters surveyed from October 17 to October 20.When reached for comment on the state of the race in Michigan, Trump's campaign told Newsweek earlier this week via email, "Even after the Democrats have spent over $200 million trying to redefine Kamala Harris, President Trump is winning or tied in every battleground because his message is resonating with voters across the country.
20% : Four years ago, President Joe Biden flipped the state for Democrats and defeated Trump by 2.8 percentage points, a much closer gap than most polls had predicted.
13% : Harris and Trump will make stops in Michigan this weekend.

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