The
national firm Rasmussen Results, generally viewed as a slightly Republican-leaning
firm, released a poll mid-week that showed Governor Snyder has expanded his
lead over Democratic challenger Mark Schauer. In the poll of 750 likely voters,
Rasmussen had Governor Snyder at 47 percent and Mr. Schauer at 41 percent.
The
poll was conducted September 17th and 18th and showed 9
percent remaining undecided, 3 percent voting for a minority party candidate,
and had a margin of error of 4 percent.
While
the poll gave Governor Snyder his largest lead in quite some time, his average
advantage over Mr. Schauer has been 2.3 percent over the last 6 polls – still
well within the margin of error.
In
related news, earlier this week the announcement was made that Governor Snyder
and Mr. Schauer will square off in a televised town hall style debate on
October 12th. After months of back and forth between the campaigns
regarding debates, the two sides agreed to the event that will be broadcast on
Detroit Public Television from Wayne State University beginning at 6 p.m.
Stephen
Henderson and Nolan Finley, from the Detroit Free Press and Detroit News,
respectively, will co-moderate the debate while Detroit Public Television
anchor Christy McDonald will host the event.