Michigan’s state university system was key to keeping the state blue in 2020. In 2024, with the polls showing Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump running neck-and-neck, turning out state schools’ student body to the polls has taken on a new level of urgency for Democrats.
Democrats have been furiously campaigning in the state, particularly on Michigan State University’s (MSU) campus just east of the state’s capital. Many are warning of the “dangers” of a second term under Republican presidential nominee and former president Donald Trump and pleading with students to vote for Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris.
Recent polling shows Trump closing in on Harris’ lead in Michigan, which has the power to shift the election. If Trump secures the battleground state of Arizona, Nevada, and North Carolina, a win in Michigan is enough to put…