And a just-released Cygnal poll of 600 likely general-election voters, conducted between Aug. 28 and Sept. 1, shows a similarly too-close-to-call landscape.
Harris leads Trump 47% to 46%, with the race tied among independent voters.
Pollster Chris Lane thinks that despite Democrats’ nominal lead, conservatives should be heartened by the results here.
“Undecided Independents will likely be the deciding group in these tight races. Remember, Joe Biden won Michigan by three points in 2020 so these numbers indicate Democrats are on the ropes and will have a much harder time replicating those results with the Harris-Walz ticket,” Lane said in a release rolling out the topline numbers Friday.
Independents, per the Cygnal data, aren’t thrilled with life in Democrat-controlled Michigan.
And perhaps that explains the problems for Dems in these numbers.
A full 27% say the state is on the wrong track, with just 14% positive about the direction of Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s fiefdom.
The Cygnal poll also shows that bread-and-butter issues for the Trump campaign matter most to Michiganders: 34% say inflation’s tops, and 14% say illegal immigration is the biggest deal.
And on the migrant crisis, Republicans have a 12-point advantage over Democrats when it comes to who voters trust to deal with it.
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