Posted on 06/14/2012 7:46:57 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Michigan has become a clear swing state in the 2012 election, a new poll released Thursday by Michigan polling agency Foster McCollum White and Associates found.
And a Democratic pollster warned that if President Barack Obama doesn't change his message and tone in the campaign, he will be in severe danger of losing the state — and the election — to Republican nominee Mitt Romney.
The poll shows that Obama's lead in Michigan — much like in fellow Midwestern state Wisconsin — has all but evaporated. He has just more than a point lead in the state, a similar finding to an EPIC-MRA poll last week that gave Romney a slim lead. Here's a nice pie-chart breakdown (Obama actually rounds up to 47 percent):
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Why the slip in Michigan, a state where one recent poll by Public Policy Polling found Obama leading by an astounding 14 points? Eric Foster, president of Foster McCollum and White, told Business Insider that it's because of Obama's tone and message in the campaign thus far....
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They’re still around, and all of the people leaving the state just concentrates the dem’s hold. I left Michigan after living there for 40 years. I had finally realized things were never going to change there in my lifetime, or that of my kids.
It’s a home state for Romney indeed.
And you’re right I don’t hear that alot in articles about the race in Michigan.
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