LANSING, Mich. (Michigan News Source) – Even after the presidential debate on Tuesday night, an exclusive poll from Mitchell Research and Communications and Michigan News Source shows that Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris and former GOP President Donald Trump are in a race in Michigan that’s too close to call.
The presidential election.
When asked who they would vote for if the presidential election were held today, 48% said they would cast a vote for Harris and 48% said they would vote for Trump.
The U.S. Senate race.
The same is true in the race for Michigan’s open U.S. Senate seat. Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D) earned 48% of the vote while former congressman Mike Rogers (R) earned 45%. Seven percent said “not sure.” Slotkin and Rogers are running for the open seat vacated by current Democratic U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow. She is retiring.
What issues matter to voters?
Michigan News Source posed the question, “What is the single most important issue facing the United States right now that will have the most impact on your vote for President right now?” The economy/inflation marked the top answer with 36%, followed by threats to democracy at 26%, and border/immigration with 18%. Abortion accounted for only 9% of those surveyed.
Finally, when asked “Are you personally better off today than you were four years ago?” most people responded “much worst off.”
Michigan is worth 15 electoral votes on Nov. 5.
The poll was conducted Wednesday September 11, 2024 after the ABC News Presidential Debate the night before. It was conducted entirely by text messaging a randomly selected list of registered voter’s cell phones and directing them to a SurveyMonkey poll (MMS-Web). After collecting the data, it was weighted by age, gender, party affiliation, race, education, and result in the 2020 presidential election to reflect what was estimated to be the turnout in November 2024 in Michigan. The poll of (N=580 Likely Voters) has a Margin of Error is + or – 4.07% at the 95% level of confidence.
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