MI-Mitchell: Clinton +5

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^^^ Interesting how you didn't immediately note this is a Republican pollster. That usually triggers you when it's a D firm.

Anyways Michigan polls suck, so if this is accurate it's on accident.

The poll was done by Mitchell Research for Fox 2 Detroit.  It is not an internal.  It is a public poll by another one of the Michigan-only crap pollsters.  Do we need a disclaimer for every PPP poll that they are a Democratic pollster, even when not publishing internals?

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Why do you say that PPP is a Democratic pollster?  Although they certainly had a Democratic lean several years ago, they've recently been close to the mean or slightly R-positive.  538 has them at R+0.2.

(Hmm, is R-positive a Vulcan blood type?)

When doing non-partisan polling, I wouldn't.  But if Mitchell Research is supposedly a Republican pollster (presumably) due to their private clients, then PPP is a Democratic pollster because their private clients are almost exclusively Democrats and Democratic-leaning advocacy groups.

Don't people normally put a PPP (D) anyways?

btw PPP polls have been fairly generous to Trump among serious pollsters.

No - perhaps unless they are conducting a poll for a Democratic-leaning advocacy group or candidate.