Governor’s Race Tightens down the Stretch

With polls being released almost daily as Election Day is now just four days away, one of the latest polls has the gubernatorial race in a statistical dead-heat.

The poll was conducted by EPIC/MRA on October 26-28 and asked 600 likely voters who they would vote for in the coming election and had a margin of error of 4 percentage points. 45 percent of those questions answered that they would vote for Governor Snyder, while 43 percent responded with Democratic candidate Mark Schauer. 9 percent were undecided and 3 percent indicated their support for a third party candidate.

A further breakdown of the poll showed Governor Snyder winning in Macomb and Oakland counties, but trailing in Wayne County. Additionally, Governor Snyder is leading among men by 10 percentage points; however, Mr. Schauer is leading by 5 percentage points among women.

The same poll also showed U.S. Representative Gary Peters (D-Bloomfield Hills) with a huge lead over former Michigan Secretary of State Terri Lynn Land in the race for the U.S. Senate. Mr. Peters had 50 percent in the poll compared to Ms. Land’s 35 percent.

Further, the poll showed current Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette leading Democratic challenger Mark Totten 47 to 35 percent and current Michigan Secretary of State Ruth Johnson leading Democratic challenger Godfrey Dillard 41 percent to 37 percent.

Good news came for the Governor this week as well when the Michigan Chronicle, the state’s largest and most influential black-owned newspaper endorsed his re-election efforts. The paper pointed to the Governor’s handling of Detroit’s financial crisis and bankruptcy as well as his leadership on Medicaid expansion as rationale for the endorsement.

posted by PAA Online , Friday, October 31, 2014 10:05 AM
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