Many of them went to the dark side in 2022 to ban pride flags and the like. Whitmer did quite a bit worse there than in 2018.
I agree, social conservatism played a part too, i don't think it was just spite over Israel/palestine.
As some of us have been saying for years, Muslim Americans are NOT natural allies of Democrats.
Its one of the most conservative mainstream religions with an extreme emphasis on gender roles and structure. This needs to stop being a surprise. We are going to lose more of those voters, as the media fragmentation continues.
Many of them went to the dark side in 2022 to ban pride flags and the like. Whitmer did quite a bit worse there than in 2018.
I agree, social conservatism played a part too, i don't think it was just spite over Israel/palestine.
As some of us have been saying for years, Muslim Americans are NOT natural allies of Democrats.
Its one of the most conservative mainstream religions with an extreme emphasis on gender roles and structure. This needs to stop being a surprise. We are going to lose more of those voters, as the media fragmentation continues.