Posted on 10/30/2012 8:16:35 PM PDT by Arec Barrwin
Survey: Obama has slim 3-point lead in Michigan as Romney gains support
Survey results show President Obama maintains support in Michigan as Mitt Romney gains support among male voters
Author: Mara MacDonald, Local 4 Reporter
Published On: Oct 30 2012 10:39:05 PM EDT Updated On: Oct 30 2012 10:56:50 PM EDT
Obama's lead in Michigan cut to 3 points DETROIT -
Voting-for According to the results of a political survey commissioned by the Detroit News and WDIV Local 4, Michigan is a three-point race with President Obama in the lead.
Obama has less than 50 percent of the vote in Michigan which is an uncomfortable position for any incumbent. The President's support in this state has remained consistent. It's Republican candidate Mitt Romney's gains in Michigan which are significant.
According to the survey, 47.7 percent of respondents said they would vote for President Obama while 45 percent said they would vote for Romney. One must look at the breakdown to determine where voters are in this state.
Romney has a 6-point lead among male voters. That's a gain for the Republican candidate.
"This is all about turnout," said pollster Richard Czuba. "If Democrats turn out their voters, they win. If Republicans turn out more, they win. It's a pretty simple equation, as difficult as campaigns are."
Romney leads Oakland County by 8.9 percent and Macomb County by 16 percent. Obama is up by 15.7 percent in Wayne County. That number does not include the city of Detroit where Obama owns nearly all votes.
Debbie Stabenow has big lead in Michigan's US Senate race
According to the survey results, Democratic U.S. Senate incumbent Debbie Stabenow has 52.4 percent of the vote in Michigan to Republican Pete Hoekstra's 37.5 percent. Insiders say this is due to poor campaign management from Hoekstra's team.
"Well, I think the question is, is there really a Senate race on? Because the voters don't seem to be engaged in this race and Debbie Stabenow looks like she is moving toward a comfortable win on election night," said Czuba.
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How many threads are you trolling crying about losing Ohio? Take a Xanax.
You forgot Wayne by 2...
Darn shame Pete Hoekstra is such a dullard politically and doesn't like to campaign. Good man yes, campaigner no, I wish Doc' Steele would have gone for the seat....
You forgot Wayne by 2...
Darn shame Pete Hoekstra is such a dullard politically and doesn't like to campaign. Good man yes, campaigner no, I wish Doc' Steele would have gone for the seat....
Horrific. After four years of disaster, a horrible campaign, destruction of industry, disaster abroad....Americans in Michigan are apparently evenly split over communism or capitalism.
Kruschev is banging his shoe on the lid of his coffin.
God forbid anyone take a look at these polls sober, right?
The Welfare State must be destroyed.
But how? It's too unpopular to reduce it, much less dismantle it.
The only way I can see is if there were a business boom where working was more lucrative and easier than the unions or ward bosses could offer.
Perhaps if we had free energy and replicators in every house.
If Hoekstra wins it will only be by Romney’s coattails. Obama is so disliked, when has a challenger ever had coattails? I think we will see it here. I think Michigan will go for Romney.
We can work to dismantle it now, when the cost in blood will be relatively low. Or we can wait until financial collapse and deal with a bloody civil war. Those are the only two choices.
By slowly and steadily reducing benefits, we can get to the point where underclass women decide that getting their tubes tied and getting a job is a better deal than being a welfare mom.
I prefer that to having to pile up bodies in the street for the trucks to take away after the riots. Especially if the bodies are likely to include those of family, friends, and neighbors.
I really believe there may be a third option. A flanking maneuver. Grow the economy such that welfare isn't profitable. It can be done with cheap energy easing business obstacles.
The only way to educate these people now is OJT.
Whether it's done by lowering benefits, or by raising the salaries of entry-level jobs, the advantage of welfare over work needs to be eliminated.
If the economy improves, you will see similar screaming over "disparities", and calls for welfare benefits to be raised, as you would see if benefits were lowered.
Doc Steele is running though, for UM Regent. Good man, and he's running an active campaign. I voted for him absentee.
Depends on whether or not Roberts is smoking crack at the time.
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