{"id":1668102,"date":"2022-10-01T18:19:33","date_gmt":"2022-10-01T22:19:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1668102"},"modified":"2022-10-01T18:20:44","modified_gmt":"2022-10-01T22:20:44","slug":"michigan-governors-race-much-closer-than-previously-suggested-new-poll-shows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/michigan-governors-race-much-closer-than-previously-suggested-new-poll-shows\/","title":{"rendered":"Michigan Governor\u2019s Race Much Closer Than Previously Suggested, New Poll Shows"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmichigan-governors-race-much-closer-than-previously-suggested-new-poll-shows%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1668102&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/michigan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Michigan<\/a>\u2019s Democratic Governor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/gretchen-whitmer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gretchen Whitmer<\/a> continues to lead Republican candidate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/tudor-dixon-reveals-massive-plan-to-give-more-funding-to-michigan-police\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tudor Dixon<\/a> in the polls, but a new survey shows Dixon within striking distance.<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetrafalgargroup.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/MI-Gen-Gov-Poll-Report-0930.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">poll<\/a> released Friday by the Trafalgar Group shows Whitmer leading by six points (51% \u2013 45%), indicating a much closer race than the previous <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolitics.com\/epolls\/2022\/governor\/mi\/michigan_governor_dixon_vs_whitmer-7545.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">polls<\/a> from the Detroit News and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/michigans-largest-newspaper-runs-social-media-ad-on-article-featuring-governor-whitmers-re-election-commercial\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Detroit Free Press<\/a> showed. According to a Detroit News poll from the end of August through early September, Whitmer led Dixon by 13 points, while the Free Press had the governor ahead by 16 at the middle of last month.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEven Gretchen\u2019s millions in attack ads can\u2019t erase her record of broken promises,\u201d Dixon tweeted in response to the Trafalgar poll findings. \u201cWe will defeat the Queen of Lockdowns.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">New <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/trafalgar_group?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@trafalgar_group<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MIGov?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MIGov<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Poll?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Poll<\/a> (9\/24-28) shows incumbent <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Whitmer?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Whitmer<\/a> holding lead <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/mipol?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#mipol<\/a><\/p>\n<p>50.9% <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gretchenwhitmer?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@gretchenwhitmer<\/a><br \/>45.1% <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TudorDixon?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@TudorDixon<\/a><br \/>2.6%\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LPMary4Gov?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@LPMary4Gov<\/a><br \/>0.7% Other<br \/>0.8%\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Und<\/p>\n<p>See Report: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VCro75m3Ui\">https:\/\/t.co\/VCro75m3Ui<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/doSsy8ccci\">pic.twitter.com\/doSsy8ccci<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Trafalgar Group (@trafalgar_group) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/trafalgar_group\/status\/1575883119252512777?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 30, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Trafalgar poll was revealed a day after a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bridgemi.com\/michigan-government\/gretchen-whitmer-touts-economy-michigan-lost-82k-jobs-under-her-watch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report<\/a> from Bridge Michigan showed that the state has lost nearly 82,000 jobs under Whitmer\u2019s watch as the governor continues to tout her economic \u201cachievements.\u201d Whitmer has also repeatedly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/gretchen-whitmer-continues-to-brag-about-creating-25000-auto-jobs-but-thats-not-true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">bragged<\/a> about creating 25,000 auto jobs in the state, but those jobs don\u2019t seem to exist.<\/p>\n<p>Dixon blames Whitmer\u2019s harsh COVID lockdown policies for Michigan\u2019s sluggish economy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGretchen Whitmer implemented the most draconian and extreme lockdowns in the country throughout the pandemic,\u201d Dixon told Bridge Michigan.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe destroyed our small business community \u2026 and forced hard working Michiganders to follow her intrusive orders that picked winners and losers. That is her economic legacy,\u201d the GOP candidate added.<\/p>\n<p>Trafalgar, one of the <a href=\"https:\/\/projects.fivethirtyeight.com\/pollster-ratings\/trafalgar-group\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">most-trusted<\/a> survey companies in the country, has proven its accuracy in Michigan in the past. The company was one of the only pollsters that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/organization\/trafalgar-group\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">correctly predicted<\/a> former President Donald Trump\u2019s victory in the state in 2016.<\/p>\n<p>The latest poll of 1,075 Michiganders conducted between September 24 \u2013 28 also showed Democrats leading in the two other statewide races. Democratic Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson leads GOP candidate Kristina Karamo 50% to 45%, while Democratic Attorney General <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/dana-nessel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dana Nessel<\/a> is ahead of Republican attorney Matthew DePerno 48% to 45%.<\/p>\n<p>Dixon is set to hold a rally with Trump in Warren, Michigan, Saturday night. The former president endorsed Dixon days prior to her massive <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/tudor-dixon-wins-michigan-republican-gubernatorial-nomination-will-face-gretchen-whitmer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">primary victory<\/a> in early August. Since her victory, Dixon has come out with multiple conservative plans, from a Florida-like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tudordixon.com\/media\/tudor-dixon-we-must-remove-classroom-instruction-of-sexual-orientation-gender-identity-for-grades-k-3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ban<\/a> on public schools teaching sexual orientation and gender identity to K-3rd grade students to giving the police <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/tudor-dixon-reveals-massive-plan-to-give-more-funding-to-michigan-police\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">$1 billion<\/a>\u00a0in additional funding.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michigan\u2019s Democratic Governor Gretchen Whitmer continues to lead Republican candidate Tudor Dixon in the polls, but a new survey shows Dixon within striking distance. A poll released Friday by the Trafalgar Group shows Whitmer leading by six points (51% \u2013 45%), indicating a much closer race than the previous polls from the Detroit News and &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1668104,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1668102","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1668102","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1668102"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1668102\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1668104"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1668102"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1668102"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1668102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}