‘I see the apathy’: Saginaw city’s Black voters could be vital – if they vote

A majority of Black residents of key Michigan city don't cast a ballot, but activists and churches are trying to change that

The largest bloc of registered voters in the city of Saginaw has yet to make a choice between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris, and probably never will. A majority of Black residents of the biggest city in the most closely contested county of the battleground state of Michigan simply don't vote.

To the frustration of civil rights activists and Democratic politicians struggling to secure every ballot in a state that the Harris campaign sees as crucial to victory, more than half of Saginaw city's population has long been unpersuaded that elections make much of a difference to their lives.