it might seem that way if you're in dearborn, but that's a few blocks in a diverse city. detroit is still majority black, not arab. and, in fact, this point is pissing a lot of them off, too.
as mentioned, i have a math degree and a history in polling. i'm concerned about the facts.
let's get the facts straight.
so, fwiw, here are some facts about the population demographics in michigan.
whites: ~7 500 000
blacks: ~1 500 000
hispanics: ~600,000
east asians: ~250, 000
arabs: ~250,000
south asians: ~ 150,000
jewish: ~150,000
native americans: ~100 000
east asians are a faster growing population in michigan than arabs and will zoom past them in the next ten years. south asians should overtake the arabs as the fifth largest group in the near future, as well.
languages spoken:
english: 91%
spanish; 3%
arab: 1%
others: ~5%
religious affiliation:
christian: 67%
atheist: 28%
muslim: 2%
jewish: 1%
other, including measurable buddhist and jehovah's witness populations: 2%
in 2024, trump won michigan by about 100,000 votes. this was more than 5x the swing in the muslim community, of around 20,000 votes. yet, arab funded media nonetheless ran the completely false story that trump won because he swung arabs.
there were simply not enough arabs to swing.
he won because he swung whites, and specifically white women.
running arabs is not a smart strategy in michigan, but running white women is, and it's what both parties should do if they want to win.