Trump wins Michigan after he clinches the presidency
NPRTrump wins Michigan after he clinches the presidency President-elect Donald Trump has won Michigan, according to a race call by the Associated Press. The victory delivers Trump an additional 15 electoral votes and a solid win through all the so-called “blue wall” swing states that Democrats and Vice President Kamala Harris were hoping to win. Republicans were able to overcome a major mobilization effort on behalf of Democrats by unions — including the United Auto Workers whose president Shawn Fain repeatedly told his members at rallies that “Trump is a scab,” a well-known epithet in union circles for someone who is an enemy of labor. Sponsor Message Trump also gained traction with some voters by opposing electric vehicle mandates for carmakers, and promising to use protective tariffs against foreign-based auto companies that sell cars in the US market.