Arab and Muslim Americans in Michigan shifted away from the Democratic Party and toward Trump in 2024

Arab and Muslim Americans in Michigan shifted away from the Democratic Party and toward President-elect Donald Trump in 2024 .

Trump won the state by more than 80,000 votes after losing it to outgoing President Joe Biden in 2020 .

The Biden-Harris administration’s unwavering military assistance to Israel drove Arab American voters away from a party that the community had consistently supported since the early 2000s .

Dearborn Heights ’ independent mayor, Bill Bazzi , also supported Trump .

Many of Michigan ’s Arab Americans were turned off by Kamala Harris's public flaunting of an endorsement from the Cheneys.

Some voters in Michigan believe the conditions in Gaza and South Lebanon cannot get any worse regardless of who is the next U.S. president.

There are concerns from those in the community that it is possible that Trump allow for the West Bank to be formally annexed, leading to the mass expulsions of Palestinians .

Many Michigan voters find it difficult to forget that Biden and Harris enforced Trump ’s policies on Israel-Palestine , including recognizing Israeli sovereignty over the occupied Golan Heights and Jerusalem .