Jimmy Keady, the founder and CEO of the Republican consulting firm JLK Political Strategies, told News that “getting our people out to vote is the campaign’s No. 1 priority and the party’s priority right now.”
The remarks are made just one week into a tense election season, when the outcome of the campaign will be determined by a small number of battleground states.
The number of presidential candidates in Michigan has already doubled compared to 2020 and 2016.
Michigan, a swing state that barely favored Donald Trump in the election, is arguably the most significant of the states.
Polls indicate yet another tight race brewing in the state, with the RealClearPolitics polling average showing a razor-thin 0.1 point lead for Trump as of Monday. Meanwhile, the latest News Power Rankings lists Michigan as a toss-up, and Trump is only a slight betting favorite in the state, with ElectionBettingOdds.com showing the former president with a 53.2% chance of carrying the state as of Monday.
According to Keady, the part of the race in which candidates attempt to persuade voters is mostly over, with Michigan coming down to who has the ground game to get the numbers out between now and next Tuesday. Republicans will also be focused on turning out low propensity voters, Keady said, a demographic the party has targeted in the hopes the group could potentially push them over the top.
