'Mobilizing Undecided Voters': Experts Provide Insights on Campaign Strategies in Michigan and Other Swing States

According to experts, the outcome of the election in swing state Michigan will depend on which campaigns can motivate the most voters to turn out to the polls in the final week of the race.

JLK Political Strategies founder and president Jimmy Keady stated to Planet Chronicle Digital that the campaign's top priority and the party's current focus is to encourage their supporters to vote.

With only one week remaining in a pivotal election season, a small number of crucial battleground states will determine the outcome of the race.

In the 2016 election, Michigan was a swing state that narrowly went to Donald Trump, but in the 2020 election, it flipped back to Joe Biden in another close race.

As per polls, another tight race is shaping up in the state, with RealClearPolitics showing a 0.1 point lead for Trump as of Monday. Meanwhile, Planet Chronicle has listed Michigan as a toss-up, and ElectionBettingOdds.com shows Trump with only a 53.2% chance of winning the state as of Monday.

Keady stated that the portion of the race where candidates try to convince voters is mostly finished, with Michigan being determined by the candidate who can effectively mobilize voters between now and next Tuesday. Republicans will also concentrate on motivating low-turnout voters, a demographic the party has been attempting to win over in order to secure victory.

Keady stated that many campaigns will concentrate on low propensity voters, who vote in only one out of four elections, to ensure they are contacted multiple times and encouraged to vote.

A GOP strategist in Michigan, Jason Roe, expressed a similar viewpoint to Planet Chronicle Digital, stating that the opportunity to convince undecided voters is largely past.

"Although there are few undecided voters remaining, there are untapped voters who have never been contacted by a Republican campaign. The focus is on returning mail-in ballots, encouraging early voting, and mobilizing low-propensity voters to vote in person."

Keady believes that a strategy could aid down-ballot Republicans in Michigan, particularly in the Senate race between former Republican Rep. Mike Rogers and Democrat Rep. Elissa Slotkin, which will determine which party controls the Senate.

""Two of the seven swing states on the map, Michigan and Nevada, have straight ticket voting, and getting low prop voters out to vote who are Republican and conservative will aid down-ballot candidates," Keady stated."

Rogers himself believes that issues such as the "open border, job-killing EV mandates and rising gas and grocery prices" will motivate voters out to the polls in hopes of avoiding "more of the same."

"Rogers stated that Team Rogers will be working tirelessly to earn every vote in the upcoming week by hosting multiple rallies and stops across Michigan, where they will share their message of revitalizing America."

In the remaining week before the election, Keady identified a distinctive chance in Michigan to motivate blue-collar and union voters to vote.

"Union members are increasingly moving to the Republican side due to their economic policies, particularly in relation to manufacturing jobs, according to Keady. The campaigns must focus on microtargeting and communicating with these union voters."