Poll Shows Tie in Gubernatorial Race, Peters Still Ahead

Public Policy Polling, a North Carolina-based Democratic polling firm, has released a new poll showing Governor Rick Snyder and Democratic candidate Mark Schauer in a 40 point to 40 point tie. In the U.S. Senate race, the poll has Democratic candidate Gary Peters with a 41 percent to 36 percent lead over Republican candidate Terri Land. The firm, while Democratic, has a good record for polling in Michigan elections.

The poll, which was conducted from June 26 until June 29, was of 578 likely voters in the state. Of the respondents, 35 percent considered themselves Democrats while 27 percent identified as Republicans. 80 percent of respondents were reached by phone while 20 percent responded on the Internet.

Mr. Schauer’s campaign applauded the work that has been done for their candidate and highlighted that he has closed the gap since the last PPP poll in April which had Governor Snyder with a 43-39 lead. Emily Benavides, spokesperson for the Governor, dismissed the poll as a Democratic ploy to give a spark to the Schauer campaign.

This poll is the first to show a tie between the two candidates as most polls have shown a five to ten point lead for Governor Snyder. The PPP poll also revealed that only 37 percent of respondents had a favorable opinion of Mr. Snyder’s performance while 54 percent disapproved. Mr. Schauer had 27 percent of people who had a favorable opinion of him with 24 percent having a negative view and 49 percent not knowing who Mr. Schauer was.

In the Senate race the most recent poll has shown the same results as the last poll with Mr. Peters ahead by 5 points. These numbers are also consistent with the majority of other polls showing Mr. Peters with a 3 to 9 point lead even though Ms. Land has more name recognition after serving as Secretary of State for 8 years.

In the Attorney General race, possible Democratic candidate Mark Totten is behind Attorney General Bill Schuette by a narrow 2-point margin. The poll shows a 34 percent to 32 percent split. The possible race has been tight in many polls but some believe it is due to the lack of name recognition for both candidates. Mr. Schuette is unknown to nearly 50 percent of respondents while Mr. Totten is unknown to 75 percent.

posted by PAA Online , Thursday, July 3, 2014 10:35 AM
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