Michigan is 'perfect microcosm' of 2020 electorate looking for hope, pundits say
Michigan is a “perfect microcosm” of an American electorate looking for a president to guide them through sweeping technological and cultural changes affecting multiple demographics, national political analysts said on Mackinac Island Wednesday.
Matthew Dowd, chief political analyst for ABC News, and Donna Brazile, contributor to Fox News and veteran Democratic political strategist, discussed their expectations for the 2020 presidential election at the Mackinac Policy Conference. Dowd, a Detroit native, said Michigan is at the center of a new industrial revolution that is putting stress on the country’s institutions and perception of itself.
Dowd said the 2016 election revealed a large group of people felt used by politicians and left behind by advancements in technology, social changes and the global economy. He said they pinned their hopes on political outsiders like President Donald Trump and U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., who offered to shake up the political establishment.
Sanders won the 2016 primary in Michigan but did not secure the Democratic nomination. Trump went on to win Michigan in the general election, in part by promising to revitalize the state’s auto industry and bring economic opportunity to rural areas.
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