Obama Is In The Midst Of A Free-Fall Collapse In Michigan

Business Insider ^ | 10/31/2012 | Brett LoGiurato

[SeekAndFind]

President Barack Obama has seen a once-steady lead in Michigan decline to just 2 points in a recent poll, and Michigan has been thrown into "toss-up" status in the election's final week.

The poll, from The Detroit News, finds Obama leading Republican rival Mitt Romney, 47.7 percent to 45 percent. That's the second poll in a week that has shown an increasingly tight race in the state, including a Foster McCollum White Baydoun poll that showed the race virtually tied. And it comes as a pro-Romney super PAC, American Crossroads, includes Michigan in its $50 million, final-week ad buy.

Intriguingly, when comparing the Michigan poll to a new poll of Ohio released today, it shows that the race in Michigan is actually closer.

The key points in the new poll:

* What's pushing Romney to a virtual statistical tie in the state is his clear advantage on trust in handling the economy. He leads the president, 47-44, on the crucial issue, even in a state dominated by the auto industry.

* Compared with September, men have shifted 5 points more toward Romney.

* What's keeping Obama afloat: His advantage in connecting with voters who think he "understands their values." Forty-eight percent identified with Obama on that question, compared with just 43 percent for Romney.

* Obama also has a significant, 8-point advantage on handling foreign affairs.

[Terry Mross]

I hope and pray Romney will win. I hope and pray that polls showing him trailing will push conservatives to the polls and make liberals stay home thinking obama has it in the bag. I hope the media messin’ with the polls backfires on them.

[musicman]

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[cookcounty]

"The reality is that most of the middle easterners in Michigan are Chaldean or Copts."

Yup, some Roman Catholics and Evangelicals as well. Spencer Abraham, former US Senator and Reagan Energy Sec was an Arab and definitely NOT a muslim.

[cookcounty]

The Ohio-Michigan War began in 1835, and yes, people died. The peace was settled at the “frostbitten Convention, but the rivalry lives on in other forms, chiefly the annual Ohio State/U-Michigan football War.

http://flaggedrevs.labs.wikimedia.org/wiki/Toledo_War

[proud American in Canada]

“Obama Is In The Midst Of A Free-Fall Collapse In Michigan”

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Couldn’t happen to a better guy....

[gura]

Oh boo hoo:

"You can have your Ohio State v. Michigan or Alabama v. Auburn, but the last time I checked nobody from Columbus ever went to Ann Arbor and systematically executed every man they could find while burning the town to the ground. And certainly nobody made t-shirts later celebrating that fact."

[Impy]

Speaking of Castro and Chavez did anyone watch the last out of the World Series?

Sergio Romo and Miguel Cabrerra, a friend pointed out they kind of resemble a young Castro and Chavez respectively.

Other people seem to agree at least about Romo looking like Castro.

[justiceseeker93]

What you say about Detroit, Wayne Co., and W. Michigan might be true, but according to Michael Barone, the key to Michigan being competitive is Romney gaining ground in the Detroit suburbs, more specifically Oakland and Macomb counties. Bush broke even with Kerry in those counties in '04, but Zero won them by 134,000 votes in '08.