{"id":1682836,"date":"2022-10-11T07:24:15","date_gmt":"2022-10-11T11:24:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1682836"},"modified":"2022-10-11T07:26:46","modified_gmt":"2022-10-11T11:26:46","slug":"michigan-gov-whitmers-lead-falls-as-election-day-nears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/michigan-gov-whitmers-lead-falls-as-election-day-nears\/","title":{"rendered":"Michigan Gov. Whitmer&#8217;s Lead Falls as Election Day Nears"},"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\">18<\/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-gov-whitmers-lead-falls-as-election-day-nears%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=1682836&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--><div><\/div>\n<div class=\"RichTextArticleBody\">\n<div class=\"RichTextArticleBody-body\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement-item\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"ArticlePage-articleBody-firstLetter\">G<\/span>ov. <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/gretchen-whitmer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gretchen Whitmer\u2019s<\/a> double-digit polling lead over Republican challenger Tudor Dixon in the Michigan governor\u2019s race has fallen to just a 6-point advantage with only a month to go before Election Day. <\/p>\n<p>Roughly 53% of Michigan voters say they plan to vote for the Democratic incumbent, compared to 47% who say they\u2019d back Dixon, according to a new <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/wisconsin-senate-ron-johnson-mandela-barnes-opinion-poll-2022-10-09\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CBS News\/YouGov poll<\/a>. The 6-point lead is a significant drop from <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/campaign\/3673580-whitmer-widens-lead-over-dixon-to-17-points-in-michigan-governor-poll\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">polls earlier this month<\/a> that showed Whitmer with a 17-point lead over her Republican opponent. <\/p>\n<p><b><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/restoring-america\/community-family\/here-are-midterm-issues-michigan-voters-care-about-most\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MIDTERM ELECTIONS 2022: HERE ARE THE ISSUES MICHIGAN VOTERS CARE ABOUT THE MOST<\/a><\/b> <\/p>\n<p>Whitmer enjoys high approval ratings in the state, with 52% approving of her job performance, according to the poll. The Democratic incumbent may hold another advantage over Dixon, as 55% of voters find the Republican candidate to be more \u201cextreme,\u201d compared to just 47% who say the same for Whitmer. <\/p>\n<p>However, Dixon holds an advantage with voters who view the economy as one of their top issues, with 55% of that voting bloc saying they\u2019d vote for the Republican over 45% who say they\u2019d back Whitmer, according to the poll. <\/p>\n<p><b><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/b> <\/p>\n<p>The economy has emerged as one of the top priorities in the midterm elections, with a majority of Michigan voters (52%) disapproving of President Joe Biden\u2019s handling of the issue, the poll showed. However, Whitmer may not have to worry about the president\u2019s standing in the state, as only two-thirds of voters say Biden\u2019s support for the Democratic governor affects whether they\u2019d vote for her. <\/p>\n<p>The CBS\/YouGov poll surveyed 1,285 registered voters in Wisconsin between Oct. 3 and 7 and has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.7 percentage points.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gov. Gretchen Whitmer\u2019s double-digit polling lead over Republican challenger Tudor Dixon in the Michigan governor\u2019s race has fallen to just a 6-point advantage<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1682841,"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-1682836","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\/1682836","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=1682836"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1682836\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1682841"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1682836"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1682836"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1682836"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}