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Poll: Barack Obama in dead heat with Mitt Romney in Michigan as popularity slips
President Barack Obama’s popularity in Michigan has slipped in recent months, leaving him in a dead heat with Republican challenger Mitt Romney, according to a new poll of state voters by EPIC-MRA of Lansing.
The poll, released this morning to the Free Press and four TV stations, shows Romney leading Obama 46%-45%, a reversal from the last EPIC poll in April which showed Obama ahead 47%-43%.
Obama’s personal and job approval numbers also have slipped, with 46% of Michiganders saying they have a favorable opinion of the president, and 41% approving of the job he’s doing.
EPIC co-founder John Cavanagh said the softening in support for Obama is likely related to a robust TV advertising campaign by pro-Romney PACs which have been critical of his handling of the economy. Perhaps most troubling for the Democratic president is a decline in support from independent voters, Cavanagh said.
webby h
June 7th, 2012
detroitistan sure as hell doesn’t represent all of michigan … certainly not the UPes
Boobie the Racist Dog
June 7th, 2012
You say dead heat.
I say dead in the water.
Re: Detroit — When are the LIONS going to get smart and move to LOUISVILLE and the TIGERS to INDIANAPOLIS?
Tennessee Vol
June 7th, 2012
Romney will win by a landslide. Once in office, he’ll do just as he did with the Winter Olympics; he’ll turn it all around. He’ll lead a new Reagan Revolution. Coast to coast we’re going to see great changes. Good times are coming. I feel it. Man, do I feel it.
As for Obama . . . I hope he disappears like a turd that’s flushed down a toilet.
Boobie the Racist Dog
June 7th, 2012
AHHHH! Da Yoopers check in!
Unneutral
June 7th, 2012
If they run their polling the way they run the city of Detroit….well, there’s no reason to believe what ya read.
Dr. Tar
June 7th, 2012
Two questions – not rhetorical I’d just be interested in opinion.
A.) How much is the Romney name worth politically in Michigan? Do citizens still remember the Govenor Dad and is it a favorably memory – or is Romeny doing well on his own?
B.) Is Michigan a must win state for Obama?
Paul Moore
June 7th, 2012
Barely remember daddy George. Mostly he was liked I think. But there are two folks here, (Three- if you count our grown daughter) who voted R last time and will crawl over broken glass to do it again.
Now we need to find a good replacement for Back- Stabernaw in the Senate.
Efficacy
June 7th, 2012
We have Senators Levin & Stabenow. Only Debbie is up this year. We first have to dump her union ass-kissin fat-ass.
Next, we have (had) a Congressman McCotter (R) who totally screwed-up and never even got 1000 valid signatures (after 5 terms) to run in a reconfigured district (that I’m in!) that was never going to go Demorat! Now we have a war.
Last, there are many in Michigan who are NOT union related and we shall prevail!