It is odd that Detroit has lost population in every census since 1950, but it still dominates liberal MI. Look for Obama to win there. There are just too many soccer moms to overcome.
Independents... Let’s roll and squash the big O here ( and the big failure S lady too!)
The Stabenow results are actually relieving in a perverse sense — it means this isn’t a poll with a high GOP sample. If it had been Stabenow in close to a dead heat too then I’d think it was a skewed sample (national GOP Senate campaign isn’t doing much for Hoekstra, which means we’re stuck with dim Debbie another six years).
So there likely is something to this poll on the Presidential side; it’s not some outlier driven by a bad sample.
Internals and so forth can be found here:
http://www.clickondetroit.com/blob/view/-/17202258/data/1/-/15knpck/-/Michigan-survey-results.pdf
Sample (with leaners) is Dem +3.4, which is not out of line (I’ll leave it to those with historical data to judge things, but it doesn’t stink to high heaven). Romney’s lead among independents is only 4 points, which is surprising, he’s as close as he is because Republicans are supporting him more strongly than Democrats are supporting Obama.
It also appears that the ballot proposals are in deep doo-doo, especially the collective bargaining and renewable energy proposals.
The msm would have us believe that Obama is winning Ohio by 3pts and only winning by 2.7 pts in Michigan. It just does not jive. Romney will win Ohio by 3 pts if this number in Michigan is true.
Mitt’s numbers are not changing — the pollsters are just needing to start reporting the real numbers this week in order to not compromise their credibility any further.
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.