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For both Donald Trump¹ and Hillary Clinton, the long and winding² campaign road ends in Michigan.

Hillary Clinton will be at Grand Valley State in West Michigan this afternoon and Donald Trump, with Governor Mike Pence, will wrap up his campaign with a rally at 11 p.m. tonight in downtown Grand Rapids.

Earlier today, President Obama held a rally for Hillary Clinton in Ann Arbor³, Governor Mike Pence campaigned in Traverse City, and Ivanka and Tiffany Trump campaigned in Hudsonville.

On Sunday, former President Bill Clinton visited churches in Flint, while Donald Trump held a rally for some 8,000 people in Sterling⁴ Heights.

Chad Livengood, political reporter for The Detroit News, joined Stateside to help explain what all this attention means.

Livengood said Donald Trump needs to win Michigan, in addition to other large swing states like Florida, North Carolina and Ohio.

"He needs to take a blue state, and Michigan has been blue every year since Bill Clinton was elected president in 1992," Livengood said. "This is his battleground and this is the wall – the firewall – for the Clinton's, and they are here in force."

The attention Michigan's getting from both camps suggests public polls are different from private, internal campaign polls.

Those polls, Livengood said, are showing a closer race.

He said public polling shows a race that's between four and seven percent in Clinton's favor. The campaigns are looking at tracking polls that show a range of two or three percent.

"If you get under four percent, you're within the margin⁵ of error," Livengood said.

For these reasons, he said in Michigan the election is a "turnout game" now.

1 trump   

n.王牌，法宝；v.打出王牌，吹喇叭

参考例句：

• He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
• The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。

2 winding   

n.绕，缠，绕组，线圈

参考例句：

• A winding lane led down towards the river.一条弯弯曲曲的小路通向河边。
• The winding trail caused us to lose our orientation.迂回曲折的小道使我们迷失了方向。

3 arbor   

n.凉亭；树木

参考例句：

• They sat in the arbor and chatted over tea.他们坐在凉亭里，边喝茶边聊天。
• You may have heard of Arbor Day at school.你可能在学校里听过植树节。

4 sterling   

adj.英币的(纯粹的，货真价实的)；n.英国货币(英镑)

参考例句：

• Could you tell me the current rate for sterling, please?能否请您告诉我现行英国货币的兑换率？
• Sterling has recently been strong,which will help to abate inflationary pressures.英国货币最近非常坚挺，这有助于减轻通胀压力。

5 margin   

n.页边空白；差额；余地，余裕；边，边缘

参考例句：

• We allowed a margin of 20 minutes in catching the train.我们有20分钟的余地赶火车。
• The village is situated at the margin of a forest.村子位于森林的边缘。