MI-GOV: Another poll shows a big lead for Whitmer
On the Democratic side, Whitmer, the former Senate minority leader, holds an even larger lead, the poll found. Whitmer would get 49 percent of the vote, while Ann-Arbor area businessman Shri Thanedar would get 22 percent, and Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, the former director of the Detroit health department, would get 19 percent. Another 10 percent remain undecided.
"There's still a respectable amount of time before the election, but it will be relatively hard to overcome those kinds of leads," EPIC-MRA President Bernie Porn said of the GOP and Democratic races for governor.
Still, Porn pointed to some interesting findings, including that:
-Whitmer is doing better among men, where she has 53 percent support, than among women, where her support is 45 percent.
-El-Sayed is winning among women between the ages of 18 and 49, where he has 40 percent support, compared to 28 percent for Whitmer.
=Thanedar is doing well in Detroit and winning the black vote, with 37 percent support, compared to 29 percent for Whitmer.
Zack Pohl, a spokesman for Whitmer, said voters are responding to her plans to "fix the roads, clean up our drinking water and repeal the Snyder retirement tax." Still, "we're not taking anything for granted," and Whitmer will stay focused on "issues that will actually make a difference in people's lives ... so we can build a better Michigan for everyone."
Thanedar, a poltical newcomer who has spent millions on TV ads, now has the highest name recognition of any of the three Democratic candidates. But he also has the highest unfavorable ratings, according to the poll.
hanedar said Wednesday he remains optimistic and plans to continue his push with TV ads and town hall meetings.
"We expect that because of our wide name recognition that a lot of people who traditionally do not vote in primaries will show up for us," Thanedar said.
Whitmer had a 55 percent favorable rating and a 15 percent unfavorable rating, while 30 percent said they had never heard of her, or had no opinion.
For El-Sayed, 46 percent had a favorable opinion and 18 percent had an unfavorable one, while 36 percent had no opinion, or had never heard of him.
https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2018/07/26/michigan-governor-poll/829662002/
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