Trump Won Dearborn, Upped His Performance in Hamtramck

Hamtramck (Deadline Detroit photo)

The Israeli war in Gaza and Lebanon was a key issue among some residents in Michigan this campaign season.

In Dearborn, where a little more than half of the residents are of Middle Eastern descent, Donald Trump beat Kamala Harris 42.48 percent to 36.26 percent, according to the Detroit Free Press. Green Party candidate Jill Stein, who courted the Arab American community, got 18.37 percent.

In 2020, Joe Biden got 68.8 percent of the Dearborn vote compared to Trump's 29.9 percent.

In Hamtramck, another ethnic community with a sizable Muslim population, Trump fared far better this time than in 2020. On Tuesday, Harris got 46.2 percent of the vote compared to Trump's 42.7 percent. Jill Stein got at 8.96 percent, the Freep reports. 

In 2020, Joe Biden won Hamtramck with 85.4 percent of the vote compared to Trump's 13.4 percent.

Hamtramck Mayor Amer Ghalib, a Democrat, formerly endorsed Trump this year.