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Detroit worker says some Trump voters may change their vote

Brandon Haugabook says rising costs are leaving Detroit customers with less money to spend at local businesses. He says some people who voted for Donald Trump in 2024 are considering voting differently, while Jalah Hassan, a 19-year-old first-time Trump voter, said she regrets her choice.

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What happened

Key facts

  • Brandon Haugabook says rising costs are reducing customers’ spending at Detroit businesses (per Washington Examiner).
  • Haugabook said some people who voted for Donald Trump in 2024 are considering voting differently, even if their political beliefs have not changed (per Washington Examiner).
  • Jalah Hassan, a 19-year-old from Grand Rapids, said she regrets voting for Trump in her first election (per Washington Examiner).
  • Hassan told the Washington Examiner, “I was so proud of myself when I voted, but now we’re desperate.” (per Washington Examiner).
  • Haugabook was interviewed at the Fisher Building in Detroit on Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2026 (per Washington Examiner).

The brief

Brandon Haugabook says rising costs are leaving Detroit customers with less money to spend at local businesses, and that some people who voted for Donald Trump in 2024 are considering voting differently. The Washington Examiner reported his comments from an interview at the Fisher Building in Detroit on Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2026.

Haugabook said those voters may be reconsidering their choices without changing their underlying political beliefs. Haugabook described the strain as a spending problem more than a customer-traffic problem. “It’s not necessarily the flow of people as much as it is people not having money to spend to put into the businesses,” he told the Washington Examiner.

His account links the pressure facing businesses to customers’ reduced ability to make purchases, rather than to fewer people coming through their doors. The report also says tariffs have complicated relationships with suppliers. It does not detail which suppliers are affected or describe the specific effects on prices or business operations.

Haugabook said arts organizations face funding cuts and uncertainty, adding another concern for Detroit’s cultural sector. Hassan, a 19-year-old from Grand Rapids, offered a separate example of a voter who says she regrets supporting Trump. She told the Washington Examiner that she was proud after casting her first vote but now feels desperate.

The account does not explain what prompted her change of view or say how many other voters share it. The article places Haugabook’s comments in a political context: it says Trump won Michigan in 2024 and raises the question of whether voters who helped return him to the White House will continue backing Republicans.

Haugabook’s account describes some Trump voters as weighing a different vote, while noting their political beliefs may remain intact. Hassan’s comments are a personal account of regret; the report does not identify her views as representative of other voters. The concerns described span household spending, business-supplier relationships and funding for arts organizations.

The article provides no figures for the costs, funding changes or number of voters reconsidering their choices, and does not specify a particular election date. Its account documents Haugabook’s observations and Hassan’s stated regret, rather than establishing the prevalence of either experience.

Why it matters

  • Detroit businesses bear the concrete pressure Haugabook describes: customers have less money to spend, even when customer traffic is not the main issue.
  • Haugabook says arts organizations face funding cuts and uncertainty, putting those organizations’ financing at stake.
  • The Washington Examiner reports that tariffs have complicated supplier relationships for businesses, though it gives no figures for the effects.

What to watch next

  • Whether Haugabook’s account of some 2024 Trump voters considering a different vote is reflected in their later voting choices.
  • Whether the spending pressure Haugabook describes continues to affect Detroit businesses.
  • Whether the funding cuts and uncertainty Haugabook describes affect arts organizations.
  • Whether the supplier complications linked to tariffs change, as described by the Washington Examiner.

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  1. The US economy’s exposure to price changes is also shaped by the Federal Reserve Act, signed by President Woodrow Wilson on Dec. 23, 1913, which established the Federal Reserve System.
    Background · from our historical context
  2. The Fed’s 2% longer-run inflation objective, adopted in 2012, concerns the rate at which prices rise, not a return to earlier price levels.
    Background · from our historical context
  3. The inflation surge followed the COVID-19 pandemic, which disrupted production and shipping from 2020 onward.
    Background · from our historical context
  4. Joe Biden won the presidential election and carried Michigan.
    Background · compiled and fact-checked by Updat3
  5. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that the Consumer Price Index rose 9.1% over the 12 months ending in June.
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  6. In March 2022, the Federal Reserve began raising its benchmark interest rate to restrain inflation; higher rates also made borrowing more expensive.
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  7. Donald Trump won the presidency, and Republicans gained control of the Senate.
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How we got here

On Nov. 5, 2024, Donald Trump defeated Kamala Harris in the presidential election and won Michigan, a state he had lost in 2020. The cost of living was a major concern in the 2024 campaign: voters were assessing not only the pace of price increases but also the higher prices left behind after inflation slowed.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that the Consumer Price Index rose 2.9% in the 12 months ending in December 2024, down from its 9.1% peak in June 2022. The inflation surge followed the COVID-19 pandemic, which disrupted production and shipping from 2020 onward.

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