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DETROIT (RNS) — The man at the door welcomed the canvasser who inquired whether he was planning on voting in the midterms. He told the canvasser he was but was still unsure who he was going to vote for in the U.S. Senate race.

“What’s your main concern?” asked the canvasser, Frances Kunreuther.

“Abdul El-Sayed’s position on Israel,” said the man, who lives in the affluent, lakeside community of West Bloomfield, about 30 miles northwest of Detroit. “It’s making it really tough. I don’t like his answers about it. I’m not sure what to do, honestly.”

This doorstep exchange last Saturday (Oct.…