Can popular governors in Michigan and Georgia lift Biden and Trump?

Deanna McKay at the Wills Park Pool in Alpharetta, Georgia.
Georgia voter Deanna McKay at the Wills Park Pool in Alpharetta, Georgia. (Matthew Pearson/WABE)

Georgia and Michigan moved in tandem during the last two presidential elections, elevating Donald Trump in 2016 and Joe Biden in 2020. 

But in the midterms, they elected governors who pushed their states in opposite directions and are now rising stars on the national stage at a time when many voters are unhappy with the choices for president.

WABE politics reporters Sam Gringlas and Rahul Bali dig into parallels between two crucial states on this week’s episode of “Plugged In: A WABE Politics Podcast.”