Republicans in Michigan mobilize voters through door-to-door canvassing — Jerusalem Post
In the US state of Michigan, Republicans have stepped up door-to-door voter outreach ahead of the Senate election, seeking to mobilize support for candidate Mike Rogers. Campaigners portray his Democratic Party opponent, Abdul El-Sayed, as a politician close to the party’s left wing.
As the Jerusalem Post reports, Reuters journalists accompanied campaigners from Americans for Prosperity Action in Livonia, near Detroit. AFP Action is a super PAC of the conservative network backed by billionaire Charles Koch. Republicans are using this campaign to persuade voters that Democrats have allegedly shifted too far to the left, as well as to encourage less active supporters to vote.
Focus on less active voters
Rogers’ campaign, together with outside groups, plans to knock on six to eight million doors by Election Day on November 3. According to a Reuters source, this is about twice as many as in 2024, when Rogers lost the Senate election by a margin of 19,000 votes.
Oakland County Republican Party chair Vance Patrick said that the target groups include about 20,000 Jewish voters and 38,000 so-called “sleeping giants” — people who vote infrequently but whom the party believes may support Rogers. He also predicted that two visits by President Donald Trump to Michigan before the election could boost volunteer activity.
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The question of supporter engagement
According to the latest Reuters/Ipsos poll, 42% of respondents who identified as Democrats said they were “very motivated” to vote. Among Republicans, the figure was 28%. One Republican activist who helped Rogers’ campaign in several northern counties of the state publicly complained about a lack of energy among volunteers.
Republican representatives dispute assessments that their supporters are weakly motivated. At the same time, AFP Action adviser in Michigan Tim Golding said voters are not very satisfied with the situation in the world, and campaigners are trying to shift the conversation away from Trump and toward the candidates’ programs and policies.
El-Sayed rejects the characterization of him as a “radical socialist” and calls himself a capitalist. His campaign said it has a network of more than 21,000 volunteers, while the Michigan Democratic Party said it plans to knock on 1.4 million doors in the final four weeks of the campaign.
