{"id":1709673,"date":"2022-10-25T06:09:11","date_gmt":"2022-10-25T10:09:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1709673"},"modified":"2022-10-25T06:48:40","modified_gmt":"2022-10-25T10:48:40","slug":"latest-poll-and-projections-show-michigan-gov-whitmer-on-edge-of-defeat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/latest-poll-and-projections-show-michigan-gov-whitmer-on-edge-of-defeat\/","title":{"rendered":"Latest Poll and Projections Show Michigan Gov. Whitmer on Edge of Defeat"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/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%2Flatest-poll-and-projections-show-michigan-gov-whitmer-on-edge-of-defeat%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=1709673&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 id=\"\">\n<p>Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer, once considered a possible running mate for Joe Biden, is on the cusp of losing her job to Republican challenger Tudor Dixon.<\/p>\n<p>New polling data out Monday shows that Whitmer is virtually tied with Dixon at roughly 48 percent apiece, continuing a trend of narrowing gaps for Democrats across the country. But, what\u2019s more, if that trend holds, then Whitmer is looking at being ousted, according to RealClearPolitics.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_648047\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-648047\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-648047\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/RealClearPolitics-Governor-Projection-October-24-2022-1110x700-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"404\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-648047\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">RealClearPolitics Governor Projection as of October 24, 2022. (Credit: RealClearPolitics)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Michigan would be joining Nevada and Oregon, among others, as key pick-ups for the GOP.<\/p>\n<p>The latest poll, which comes from <a class=\"normal_pollster_name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thetrafalgargroup.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/MI-Gen-Gov-Poll-Report-1023.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Michigan News Source and Trafalgar<\/a>, features results from 1079 likely voters. Whitmer is supported by 48.4 percent of voters, while Dixon has support from 47.9 percent. The bad news for Whitmer in this poll is that nearly 55 percent of respondents were Democrats, compared with just 37.1 percent of voters identifying as Republican.<\/p>\n<p>The poll is one of the latest by Trafalgar to show a closer race in swing states than other pollsters do, but it\u2019s not much of an outlier compared with other polls. Cygnal, identified as a Republican firm, previously polled the state as being six points in Whitmer\u2019s favor. But other recent polls have been much closer, and many of the same issues plaguing other Democrats are also hurting her chances in Michigan.<\/p>\n<p>Crime, inflation, and general displeasure with Democrats have soured voters on the Democratic Party. What\u2019s more, Detroit is one of the worst-performing cities when it comes to controlling crime and violence and, according to data from <a href=\"https:\/\/redstate.com\/joesquire\/2022\/10\/24\/government-report-card-show-nations-reading-math-test-scores-tanked-during-the-pandemic-n648021\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Monday morning\u2019s national report card<\/a>, it featured some of the worst performances in fourth- and eighth-grade reading and math.<\/p>\n<p>The displeasure with Whitmer may be related to those scores. Parents across the state (and the rest of the country) have been outraged at school closures and politicians\u2019 keeping their kids out of schools during the pandemic. That has motivated parents across the country, including in Michigan, to start looking for candidates less willing to use their power to shut kids out of school again.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\nTrending on Redstate Video\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer, once considered a possible running mate for Joe Biden, is on the cusp of losing her job to Republican challenger Tudor Dixon. 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