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.

  • Optional@lemmy.world
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    21 days ago

    They’re complete fucking idiots throwing away their vote . . . but at least they went to the trouble of voting?

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      21 days ago

      Voting is always better than not voting, yes.

      And in a functional democratic system, voting for a candidate who’s against genocide would be better than voting for a candidate who’s currently part of the government supplying the genociders.

      Sadly, the US aren’t such a system.