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Jordan joined Peter Alexander on (https://www.mediaite.com/tag/peter-alexander/) State of Play  on Tuesday, where she shared a focus group discussion from Michigan where El-Sayed and Rogers are in the midst of a tense midterm battle. Recent (https://www.cbsnews.com/detroit/news/michigan-voter-poll-abdul-el-sayed-mike-rogers/) polling has shown El-Sayed with a narrow lead over Rogers. Jordan spoke with a group of Trump voters, many of whom expressed “buyer’s remorse” over their previous votes for the president. “I think a lot of people looked at his 2016 win and how much better the country was before Covid, and hoped that it would replicate that. And it doesn’t. I mean, to me, it doesn’t seem like it has,” one man said. A woman called Trump a “good liar,” and another said she feels like her vote “bit” her “in the butt.” When Jordan asked about how everyone was voting in the Michigan Senate race, six of the 10 voters said they had decided which candidate they are backing. Five of those six voters said they’ll be throwing their support behind (https://www.mediaite.com/tag/abdul-el-sayed/) El-Sayed . Just one said she will vote (https://www.mediaite.com/tag/mike-rogers/) Rogers , but she’s “not happy about it.” Another woman said she’s leaning Rogers “heavily,” but said she remains undecided. “I’m still reading and deciding. I have not definitively decided. And I may not until I get to the voting booth. I’ve done that before,” she said, adding she “might be trying to talk” herself “out of it.” The others remained undecided on where their support will land. “I was surprised that there wasn’t more support or more leaning Rogers in that group… but then you look at some of the polling, and El-Sayed is pulling more from Trump voters,” Jordan told Alexander after the focus group. Jordan was referencing a Fox News poll last week that showed 8% of Trump voters backing El-Sayed. It also found 6% of voters for former Vice President Kamala Harris are backing Rogers. FWIW, the Fox News poll last week showed 8% of Trump 2024 voters said they were for El-Sayed. But also, 6% of Harris 2024 voters were for Mike Rogers. (https://t.co/TXWbvJE6pH) https://t.co/TXWbvJE6pH (https://t.co/OaET1Iq6Zd) pic.twitter.com/OaET1Iq6Zd  — Aaron Blake (@AaronBlake) (https://x.com/AaronBlake/status/2107795816542765312?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) October 7, 2026    MS NOW also held a focus group this week in Michigan with Black voters, who (https://www.mediaite.com/politics/no-sir-ms-now-focus-group-of-black-voters-says-theyre-iffy-on-el-sayed/) expressed more doubts about the candidate. Watch above via MS NOW. New: The Mediaite One-Sheet "Newsletter of Newsletters" Your daily summary and analysis of what the many, many media newsletters are saying and reporting. (https://www.mediaite.com/subscribe) Subscribe now!       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