Poll: Presidential race in Michigan about even

[dtotire]

VEry discouraging poll


By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Published: September 20, 2008
Filed at 5:41 p.m. ET

THE POLL: EPIC-MRA poll, presidential race among likely voters in Michigan.

THE NUMBERS: Barack Obama, 43 percent, John McCain, 42 percent.

OF INTEREST: The economy remains the dominant issue in the state, whose August unemployment rate again led the nation at 8.9 percent. Forty-three percent of those polled they were most concerned about improving the economy and providing jobs, and 80 percent said Michigan is on the wrong track.

DETAILS: Conducted Sept. 14-17 for The Detroit News and television stations WXYZ, WILX, WOOD and WJRT with sample of 602 likely voters. Margin of sampling error of plus or minus 4 percentage points.

[featherman]

1. Not really... other polls have Obama up +7. This is a limited sample with

a large MoE and 15% undecided. Showing a lead is a good thing especially when we have such a superior ground operation. MI was about + 2 or 3 for Kerry and Gore but both carried the state in the end. Michigan will go blue again as it has four elections in a row. The economy will be the tipping point.

[Canuckistanian]

2. electoral-vote has MI in flux the past few days

Today, it went from "Weak Dem" to "Barely Dem".



Still, I like the general trend.

[gabeana]

3. aren't these polls kinda out of date

17th was wednesday?