Voters chosen in a key battleground state Donald Trump Above Joe Biden as their preferred choice for president, poll results released last Thursday showed.
What happened: Trump took away 41% support among registered voters in Michigan, while Biden trailed the favorite by five percentage points with 36%, according to the latest Quinnipiac University poll. The poll surveyed 1,487 self-identified registered Michigan voters from March 8-12, with a margin of error of +/- 2.5 percentage points.
Independent candidate John F. Kennedy Jr. was supported by 10% of voters, while Cornel West, also independent and of the Green Party Jill Stein, they obtained 3% and 4% of the votes respectively. 4% said they were undecided and 1% refused to answer.
Among independent voters, Biden’s support was limited, with just 29% in favor compared to 47% for Trump and 16% for Kennedy.
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Two-way pairing: Biden is behind in a hypothetical two-person matchup against Trump, but only by a mere three percentage points. The former president received 48% support while the current president received 45%. 1% of voters said they would vote for someone else, 2% said they would not vote and 2% refused to answer the poll question.
“With a big electoral prize in the balance and their parties equally enthusiastic about their candidates, Biden and Trump are preparing for a combative rematch,” said the Quinnipiac University polling analyst Tim Malloy.
Seven in 10 voters said they are very confident or somewhat confident that votes across Michigan will be counted accurately in the 2024 presidential election.
Urgent election issues: A majority of voters (22%) said maintaining democracy will be on their minds when they vote. Twenty-one percent of respondents mentioned both the economy and immigration.
Not surprisingly, immigration was cited as a significant campaign concern by 42% of Republicans, while 24% chose the economy. For Democrats, preserving democracy emerged as the top issue, mentioned by 42 percent of respondents. Gun violence was cited by 12% of respondents and the economy by 10%.
For independent voters, the economy (26%) was the top issue, followed by maintaining democracy (21%) and immigration (18%).
The poll showed an anomaly between voters’ perception of the national economy and their personal financial situation. “
A head-scratcher, but a fact: 65% of Michigan voters seem to think the economy is shaky at best, but nearly the same number say their finances are doing well,” Malloy said.
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