In 2022, Gretchen Whitmer did worse than any Democrat with Arab voters in Michigan since 9/11 and she outran Biden by five points.  They were already peeling away from the Democratic Party long before October 7 because of cultural issues like gay marriage.  Hell, Arab voters in Michigan voted for George W Bush in 2000.

That’s not to say that their concerns aren’t valid or that they are wrong to be upset about the conflict in the Middle East.  It absolutely is and they absolutely are not.  This is more targeted at the hand wringers and bedwetters who are writing off a state Democrats need to win over a segment of the voting population that, electorally speaking, isn’t going to make the difference either way.  If Democrats lose Michigan, it’s because they lost the suburban gains they made in places like Oakland and Grand Rapids.