New poll shows that former President Donald Trump is Michigan’s leading pick as the Republican presidential candidate next year.
According to Lansing-based consulting firm Marketing Resource Group, 42 percent of respondents are in favor of Trump, while 35 expressed a preference for President Joe Biden.
Of the 600 respondents surveyed between October 2 and 8, around 20 percent said that they would vote for another candidate, and three percent showed no preference.
🇺🇲 2024 GE: MICHIGAN
— InteractivePolls (@IAPolls2022) October 11, 2023
(R) Trump 42%
(D) Biden 35%
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Someone else 20%
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(D) Whitmer 46%
(R) Trump 40%
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Job Approval:
Gov. Whitmer: 53/37 (+16)
Pres. Biden: 31/58 (-27)
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“It tells me that Biden has a problem, not necessarily the Democrats,” noted Marketing Resource Group owner Jenell Leonard. “He has a problem with the base. If the base doesn’t show up, they could likely see themselves in the same situation as they saw in 2016.
Michigan was a crucial battleground state during the 2016 presidential election. Trump won the state by a slim margin, receiving 2,279,543 votes, or 47.5 percent of the total. This margin was just slightly ahead of his rival Hillary Clinton, who received 2,268,839 votes.
In the 2020 election, Michigan once again played a significant role as a key battleground state. Trump tried to hold onto power, but Biden eventually won the state over.
This comes as Trump is currently leading in several polls across the country. According to The Economist and YouGov’s recent survey, 51 percent are in favor of the 45th president, while Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis comes in second with 14 percent.
Around 1,500 U.S. adult citizens between August 26 and 29 were asked who they would vote for if “the Republican presidential primary in your state were held today.”
Entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy comes in a distant third with five percent. Haley comes in fourth with four percent, followed by former Vice President Mike Pence with three percent, former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie with two percent, and South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott with two percent.
The survey also asked Republican voters who they would be disappointed to see become the GOP nominee; they were instructed to choose everyone who applied. Only 19 percent of respondents said they would be upset if Trump were the nominee, while 17 percent said the same about DeSantis and 15 percent said the same about Scott.
