| − | Trump won [[Michigan]] by an extremely narrow margin in 2016, and polling had showed Biden in the lead, but by a margin that reduced during the course of summer, until August 28, 2020, when a poll released by Trafalgar Group gave Trump a one and a half point lead.<ref>[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2020/president/mi/michigan_trump_vs_biden-6761.html RealClearPolitics Michigan], retrieved August 28, 2020</ref><ref>[https://www.thetrafalgargroup.org/news/mi-sen-0820/ Trafalgar Poll August Michigan], retrieved August 29, 2020</ref> | + | Trump won [[Michigan]] by an extremely narrow margin in 2016, and polling had showed Biden in the lead, but by a margin that reduced during the course of summer, until August 28, 2020, when a poll released by Trafalgar Group gave Trump a one and a half point lead.<ref>[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2020/president/mi/michigan_trump_vs_biden-6761.html RealClearPolitics Michigan], retrieved August 28, 2020</ref><ref>[https://www.thetrafalgargroup.org/news/mi-sen-0820/ Trafalgar Poll August Michigan], retrieved August 29, 2020</ref> Trafalgar's early November poll showed Trump slightly ahead of Biden.<ref>[https://www.thetrafalgargroup.org/news/mi-pres-1120/ Trafalgar Poll November Michigan], retrieved November 8, 2020</ref> |
| | No excuse is required for an absentee ballot in the state.<ref>[https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/how-to-vote-2020/ FiveThirtyEight Project: How to Vote 2020], retrieved August 28, 2020</ref> | | No excuse is required for an absentee ballot in the state.<ref>[https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/how-to-vote-2020/ FiveThirtyEight Project: How to Vote 2020], retrieved August 28, 2020</ref> |