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Chris McGreal in Saginaw, Michigan

Democrats in Michigan ‘freaked out’ by Trump – and trying to win swing state on a knife-edge

Yard signs for Trump
Yard signs for Trump in Saginaw, Michigan. Photograph: Rick Findler

Pat Parker has campaigned for Democratic presidential candidates in the battleground state of Michigan through five elections, and it hasn’t always been a happy experience.

The thrill of doorstepping for Barack Obama gave way to working in a Hillary Clinton campaign office in the bellwether Saginaw county, Michigan, with all the atmosphere of a morgue, even though it was assumed she would win. Campaigning for Joe Biden was constrained by the pandemic.

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