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Election Scouting Report Pt 2 (2002 results compared) Unfortunately, we lost another close race in 2002 in Michigan. Turnout is much lower in off year races, so it is sometimes hard to compare, but this can show where many ticket splitters are at. Dick Posthumus lost to Jenny Granholm by 127,692 votes (Bush lost by 217279). Granholm had 51.4%(same as Gore), Posthumus had 47.4%(Bush 46). The rest had about 1-2%. The UP: Posthumus 47685 – 46.66% Granholm 52857 – 51.72% Greens – 1100, Taxpayers(Michigan's name for Constitution Party) - 565 Granholm won by 5172 votes. Posthumus unperformed Bush (who won...

TOTAL Dick Jennifer DIFFERENTIAL Posthumus % Granholm % COUNTY BY Posthumus Granholm CODE/NAME COUNTY REP DEM 01 ALCONA 4,587 2,387 2,165 -222 52% 47% 02 ALGER 3,524 1,623 1,855 232 46% 53% 03 ALLEGAN 34,835 21,694 12,772 -8,922 62% 37% 04 ALPENA 11,223 4,722 6,391 1,669 42% 57% 05 ANTRIM 9,457 5,576 3,752 -1,824 59% 40% 06 ARENAC 5,516 2,611 2,821 210 47% 51% 07 BARAGA 2,480 1,170 1,263 93 47% 51% 08 BARRY 20,266 11,943 8,136 -3,807 59% 40% 09 BAY 39,759 18,001 21,190 3,189 45% 53% 10 BENZIE 6,625 3,480 3,036 -444 53% 46% 11 BERRIEN 40,845...

<p>Posthumus is gaining on Jennifer Granholm. 47% to 52% with 47% of the vote to be counted. Most liberal areas have already been counted (I remember hearing, I don't know where). Detroit News and Free Press have already called this for Granholm.</p>

Granholm (D) 52% Posthumus (R) 46% Undecided/Other 3% Data Collected 11/1/02 - 11/3/02 Geography State of Michigan Universe 730 Likely Voters Margin of Error 3.7% Client WDIV-TV Detroit WZZM-TV Grand Rapids

<p>With the polls to open at 7 a.m. Tuesday, Democrats Jennifer Granholm and Gary Peters as well as Republican Terri Lynn Land are hanging on to leads in their races for governor, attorney general and secretary of state, a new poll shows.</p>

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<p>Buoyed by overwhelming support from women, Democrat Jennifer Granholm holds a big lead over Republican Dick Posthumus with just five days before Michigan voters pick a new governor, a Free Press/WXYZ TV poll shows.</p> <p>ABOUT THE POLL Today's Free Press/WXYZ-TV poll is based on telephone interviews conducted Sunday, Monday and Tuesday with 513 registered voters who said they are likely to go to the polls Nov. 5. Telephone numbers were selected by computer from a complete list of telephone exchanges in Michigan. Within each exchange, numbers were formed by random digits, so listed and unlisted numbers alike were called.</p>

<p>Republican Dick Posthumus has trimmed Democrat Jennifer Granholm's lead in the Michigan governor's race from 12 points to eight in the past week, building on his advantage among pro-life voters and cutting into her margin among union households and working women, a Detroit News poll indicates. Attorney General Granholm's lead is 47 percent to 39 percent, with 12 percent undecided, according to the statewide survey of 400 likely voters conducted Monday through Wednesday. Doug Campbell of the Green Party and Joseph Pilchak of the United Taxpayers Party garnered 1 percent each. The poll's error margin is plus or minus 5 percentage points. A News poll a week ago had Granholm up by 12 points, with 17 percent undecided. Both sides have said all along they expect the race to get closer as the Nov. 5 election nears. An independent poll released earlier this week by Lansing-based EPIC-MRA showed Granholm with a 51 percent to 37 percent lead. The difference, News pollster Steve Mitchell said, lies in when the interviews were conducted. EPIC-MRA surveyed Sunday through Tuesday; Posthumus' support began to rise significantly Tuesday and Wednesday, Mitchell said.</p>

New poll shows Granholm lead has declined By Mark Hornbeck and Charlie Cain Republican Dick Posthumus has trimmed Democrat Jennifer Granholm's lead in the Michigan governor's race from 12 points to 8 in the past week, a Detroit News poll finds. Attorney General Granholm's lead is 47-39 percent, with 12 percent undecided, according to the statewide survey of 400 likely voters conducted Monday through Wednesday. The error margin is plus or minus 5 percentage points. Both sides expect the race to get closer as the election nears. The latest numbers present a picture different from that of an independent poll...

Granholm continues to hold healthy lead over Posthumus (Lansing-AP, October 23, 2002, 10:00 a.m.) Democratic Attorney General Jennifer Granholm continues to hold a healthy lead over Republican Lieutenant Governor Dick Posthumus. She got 51 percent to his 37 percent in the latest poll by EPIC MRA of Lansing. The statewide poll of six hundred voters shows Green Party candidate Douglas Campbell had the support of two percent while Joseph Pilchak of the U.S. Taxpayers Party had the support of one percent of those questioned. Ten percent were undecided. The poll was conducted Sunday through Tuesday and has a margin of...

<p>Democrat Jennifer Granholm is riding strong support from working women, suburbanites and pro-choice voters to a 12-point lead over Republican Dick Posthumus with 18 days to go in Michigan's race for governor, a Detroit News poll shows.</p> <p>The statewide telephone survey of 400 likely voters, taken Monday through Wednesday, shows Granholm ahead 47 percent to 35 percent, with 17 percent of voters still undecided. Green Party candidate Doug Campbell drew 1 percent. The survey has an error margin of plus or minus 5 percentage points.</p>

Granholm says she didn't vote on Proposal A, after all By KATHY BARKS HOFFMAN The Associated Press 10/16/02 6:39 PM LANSING, Mich. (AP) -- Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jennifer Granholm thought she voted in 1994 on the ballot proposal that changed the way the state pays for public schools. But she acknowledged Wednesday that she did not vote in that March special election. Her opponent, Republican Lt. Gov. Dick Posthumus, had raised the issue Tuesday in Detroit after the pair's second and last debate. Posthumus, a former state senator who helped shape and pass the ballot proposal that became known as...

Poll: Democrat Leads Mich. Gov. Race Wednesday October 16, 2002 9:10 PM LANSING, Mich. (AP) - Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jennifer Granholm leads Republican Dick Posthumus by 10 points, according to a poll released Wednesday. The poll by EPIC/MRA found that Granholm, who is state attorney general, was supported by half of the 600 likely voters surveyed. Posthumus, the lieutenant governor, got 40 percent. Nine percent were undecided. The poll was conducted Sunday through Tuesday and has a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 4 percentage points. An EPIC/MRA poll conducted Oct. 2-3 and 6 found Granholm leading Posthumus...

Posthumus, Granholm meet for last debate By KATHY BARKS HOFFMAN The Associated Press 10/15/02 5:38 PM DETROIT (AP) -- Democrat Jennifer Granholm, endorsed in the governor's race by Michigan's two largest teachers unions, can't remember how she voted in 1994 on the ballot proposal that changed the way the state pays for public schools. Granholm was challenged twice by Republican Dick Posthumus during the pair's second gubernatorial debate Tuesday to say how she voted on the proposal. She did not reply either time. Afterward, Posthumus said he didn't think she had even voted on the measure, known as Proposal A....

Sportsmen for Posthumus Rally! My apologies in advance if you receive this multiple times. We will be having a sportsmen rally at Cabela's in Dundee on Tuesday, October 22, 2002 at 3:15 PM. This will be the second day of Lt. Governor Dick Posthumus' state-wide bus tour that will continue to election day. Please get the word out to all of your e-mail lists and sportsmen's clubs. Thanks. Jim Shaeffer Sportsmen for Posthumus

When the national media honchos wonder why they are losing money, all they need do is look in the mirror. Clearly, they are not even close to producing the type of "news" the American people really want and need. For instance, MSNBC needed a fix to stay solvent, so they brought the old has-been liberal Phil Donahue aboard and gave him a full prime-time hour. Then their ratings hit all time lows and they can't seem to understand why. Even Fox News plays into that game. By being what they call "fair and balanced," they keep a stable of obnoxious...

  ----- Original Message ----- From: Victory Update To: Sent: Tuesday, October 08, 2002 11:14 AM Subject: Victory Update: Taxes and the Economy Tuesday, October 08, 2002One of his focal points is the "life sciences industry" Jobs will be his top priority if he is elected governor, Lt. Gov. Dick Posthumus said last week in Midland. That means keeping existing jobs and bringing new ones to Michigan, he said. One of his focal points is the "life sciences industry". Posthumus doesn&#8217;t want the state to force livestock feeding operations&#8217; closure or prevent their start-up by going too far with environmental...

Freep this thread please. This one will probably get airplay.

Please Freep this polls, since I expect it to be reported on the 11PM news. BTW - Posthumus was very aggressive which was needed, and called Grandstand out on her lies and corrpution. He won clearly IMO, but I am biased.