November 25th 2023.
Independent presidential candidate Cornel West is focusing his campaign efforts on Michigan, a key swing state that could decide the election. West's co-campaign manager, Anthony Karefa Rogers-Wright, outlined the plan to Politico, emphasizing their strategy to engage with Arab American voters in Dearborn, environmental activists in Flint, and college students and indigenous populations.
Rogers-Wright said, "By speaking to Michiganders, we will be speaking to pretty much the entire country at the same time. This is a very critical state. Whoever wins that state is going to be the president."
West is running as an unaffiliated independent, and is hoping to address President Joe Biden's challenges with minority voters. Recent polling indicates a decline in Biden's support among non-white voters in key swing states, including Michigan, where 22% of Black voters reportedly back Trump, marking a notable shift.
West commented, “People are looking for not just leadership, but they’re looking for statespersons. They’re tired of these garden variety politicians."
Additionally, West is positioning himself as a candidate who could bring "sanity and sensitivity" to the issue of Israel's strikes on Gaza, an issue that Biden has been criticized for. West said, “We’re the only major candidate, I think, who’s bringing any kind of sanity and sensitivity to the suffering in Gaza. Just strikes me that all the other three major candidates are living in a Neolithic Age when it comes to dealing with what’s going on in the Middle East. They would take us back, and I’m the only one who would take us forward.”
West's campaign just received a huge donation from GOP donor Harlan Crow, and he seems determined to make an impact in Michigan and across the nation. His strategy could prove to be the deciding factor in a critical swing state that could decide the election.
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