Kerry +4 in Michigan says EPIC/MRIA bit of better news for Mr. Kerry...
Presidential race tightens in Michigan
September 20, 2004, 4:06 PM
LANSING, Mich. (AP) -- The race between Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry and President Bush has tightened in Michigan, with Kerry and running mate John Edwards getting 48 percent and 44 percent going to Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney, according to a new poll released Monday by Lansing-based EPIC/MRA.
An early August poll conducted by EPIC/MRA had Kerry/Edwards leading 49 percent to 42 percent with third party candidate Ralph Nader and running mate Peter Camejo getting 3 percent and 6 percent undecided. Nader/Camejo got 2 percent in the latest poll, with 6 percent undecided.
Vorlon Note!
The reporter here is note quite comparing "apples to apples" in the Early August Epic/MRI poll in the head to head 2 way result Kerry was ahead 51/43, so "apples to apples" this is a 4 point shiftThe poll was conducted Wednesday through Sunday and surveyed 610 likely Michigan voters. The August and September polls both had margins of error of plus or minus 4 percentage points.
More voters continued to have a favorable opinion of Kerry than of Bush.
Half said they had a favorable opinion of Kerry, while 41 percent had an unfavorable opinion and 8 percent were undecided. For the Republican president, 45 percent had a favorable opinion and 50 percent had an unfavorable opinion, with 4 percent undecided.
Only a quarter had a favorable opinion of Nader, who is running as an independent in Michigan after qualifying for the ballot with the help of signatures collected by Republicans. Fifty-four percent had an unfavorable opinion, and 19 percent were undecided.