Poll: Clinton retakes 11-point lead over Trump in Michigan

[Bill USA]

http://www.freep.com/story/news/politics/2016/10/06/hillary-clinton-donald-trump-michigan/91611112/

WASHINGTON — Three weeks after it looked like Donald Trump could challenge Hillary Clinton in Michigan, it now appears the Republican nominee may have squandered that chance with a poor debate performance, revelations about his taxes and erratic behavior on the campaign trail, an exclusive new Free Press/WXYZ-TV poll shows.

The poll showed Clinton, the Democratic nominee and former secretary of state, regaining an 11-percentage-point lead over Trump, 43%-32%, and clawing back levels of support among key voting blocs including women, African Americans and millennials. It came less than a month after a more-disciplined Trump had closed the gap to 3 percentage points in Michigan, which hasn’t voted for a Republican presidential nominee since 1988.

Now, with less than five weeks until the Nov. 8 election, Trump, a businessman, real estate mogul and reality TV star, may have a tough time trying to take back the momentum in a key battleground state; with his already high negative ratings climbing even higher and segments of the public he was counting on to win — men and voters with a high school diploma or less education — not backing him as strongly as was expected, at least not for now.



“The race is much more settled now no matter what demographic group you’re looking at,” said Bernie Porn {"Porn"??_B USA}, the pollster for Lansing-based EPIC-MRA, which performed the survey for the Free Press, WXYZ-TV (Channel 7) and their outstate partners. “It’s hard to imagine (Clinton losing Michigan) unless Hillary has a health (or some other) issue … I think the perceptions of Trump are pretty baked in.”
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1. Cheeto Benito is really tanking here. He's only +3 among White men; and the only Independents

he's leading in are White men over 50. Hillary is +10 among White women;& over 22 with Millennials.

He's TOAST here in the Great Lakes State.

[Tarheel_Dem]

2. I agree with his "close advisors". LET TRUMP BE TRUMP!