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Trump and Obama's fight for Michigan

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Episode Trump and Obama's fight for Michigan

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Michigan is shaping up as one of the biggest battlegrounds in the US midterm elections. So much so that both Donald Trump and Barack Obama have hit the campaign trail there.

The Senate race is a contest between progressive Abdul El-Sayed and conservative Republican Mike Rogers, with race and religion emerging as key fault lines.

Today, Margaret Talev, director of the Institute for Democracy, Journalism and Citizenship, on what’s at stake in Michigan, how identity is shaping the campaign, and what it reveals about the mood of American voters.

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Margaret Talev, director of the Syracuse University Institute for Democracy, Journalism and Citizenship

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