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Dems look to Michigan primary as testing ground for November

Election 2020 Bernie Sanders
Posted at 6:01 AM, Mar 09, 2020
and last updated 2020-03-09 06:01:44-04

DETROIT - Michigan is the largest of six states with Democratic primaries on Tuesday, and it could redefine what has become a showdown between Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders.

But many Michigan primary voters are already looking ahead to November and whether President Donald Trump can again win in Michigan, which perhaps more than any other state catapulted him into the White House in 2016.

Some see Sanders' sweeping promises to cancel student debt and combat climate change potentially energizing young voters but not older ones wary of his democratic socialist ideology.

Biden could do exactly the opposite with his safe and centrist approach.