A new poll in Michigan shows President Obama leading Mitt Romney by 7 points, 48% to 41%. Obama has a significant lead over Romney on being better for the auto industry, which is important to Michigan's economy. Obama also has better numbers on rebuilding the middle class. The poll found Obama leading among women, men, younger voters, and voters over 50. However, voters tend to believe Romney's statements less than Obama's.
A new poll in Michigan shows President Obama leading Mitt Romney by 7 points, 48% to 41%. Obama has a significant lead over Romney on being better for the auto industry, which is important to Michigan's economy. Obama also has better numbers on rebuilding the middle class. The poll found Obama leading among women, men, younger voters, and voters over 50. However, voters tend to believe Romney's statements less than Obama's.
A new poll in Michigan shows President Obama leading Mitt Romney by 7 points, 48% to 41%. Obama has a significant lead over Romney on being better for the auto industry, which is important to Michigan's economy. Obama also has better numbers on rebuilding the middle class. The poll found Obama leading among women, men, younger voters, and voters over 50. However, voters tend to believe Romney's statements less than Obama's.
RE: New Statewide Poll in Michigan Shows President Obama up by Seven Points
A statewide telephone survey of 500 likely voters in Michigan was conducted by Grove Insight October 31 st to November 1 st
using professional interviewers. Quotas were set to ensure calling into cell phone only households. The margin of error is plus or minus 4.4 percentage points at the 95% level of confidence.
Michigan voters see Obama, not Romney, as the "Car Guy" x Barack Obama is currently ahead of Mitt Romney by seven percentage points (48% to 41%). One key reason for the President's big lead is because Michigan voters are much more inclined to believe he "will be better for the auto industry By nearly 20 points, voters believe Obama will be better for one of the state's most important economic sectors than Romney (53% Obama, 34% Romney). In the head-to-head matchup, Obama leads 84% to 9% among those who believe the President "will be better for the auto industry. x Connected to this, the President also has considerably better numbers than Romney for working "to re-build the middle class economy (50% to 38%), indicating faith in Obama's ability to recover and rebuild an economy that extends well beyond the automotive sector. x The President also has a double-digit lead in the early vote (49% to 39% among already voted). x There are two other trends of significance. While the President has a big lead with women (50% to 39%) he also has a slight edge among men (46% to 44%). And while Obama's lead among younger voters is a given (51% to 39%), he is also up a bit over Romney among voters over age 50 (46% to 43%). x Another challenge for Romney is that voters are not terribly willing to take his message at face value. Nearly half (45%) say, "you can't really believe what he says, is more descriptive of Romney than Obama.
Who does it better describe Democrat Barack Obama or Republican Mitt Romney? [Names rotated] Obama Romney Will be better for the auto industry 53 34 Will work to re-build the middle class economy 50 38 Has a concrete plan to move our country forward 42 38 You can't really believe what he says 35 45 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 2% 9% Presidential Vote Michigan +7 48% 41% Romney 39% Lean Romney 2% Obama 45% Lean Obama 3% Undecided Other
Demographic comparisons between this Grove Insight poll, the voterfile and other recent public surveys conducted in Michigan
Grove Insight Poll October 31 to November 1 The actual voter file PPP Poll October 30-31 Gravis Marketing October 5-8 Voters under age 50 46% 53% 37% (18 45) 43% Voters over age 50 53% 47% 63% (46 65+) 57%
White voters 82% 81% 82% 83% African American Voters 10% 15% 12% 11% Other 8% 4% 6% 6%
Women 52% 53% 55% 53% Men 48% 47% 45% 47%
SeIf ID'd RepubIican 28% NA 33% 31% SeIf ID'd Independent 35% NA 24% 32% SeIf ID'd Democrat 35% NA 43% 37%
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