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It has, as voter turnout could be significantly better. It's not yet clear what it is, but so far it doesn't look very good.
What in saying is that it probably doesn't have much to do with Gaza. People voted on the economy.
I'd argue that 98% of US voters don't care about Gaza whatsoever. It's a wedge issue for a very small minority but was unlikely to significantly affect the race in the big picture.
Almost everybody I know bitches about the price of groceries (regardless of where they place the blame) but I only know a couple people in the Real/Outside World who regularly talk about the Gaza genocide.
The big picture in Michigan everyone: