Michigan Governor Poll Shows Close Race Between Rick Snyder, Mark Schauer
The contest for Michigan's governor's race may be closer than previously anticipated, according to a new poll.
While many polls this fall have given Gov. Rick Snyder (R) an eight-to-10 point lead over his presumed Democratic challenger, former Rep. Mark Schauer, new numbers from Inside Michigan Politics (IMP) suggest that neither candidate leads the race. IMP, a subscription-based statewide political newsletter, commissioned their own poll using both Republican and Democrat pollsters from Michigan, the Republican-affiliated Revsix of Pontiac, Mich. and Michigan Blueprint Strategies, a Democratic polling company in Lansing.
(Scroll down to see an infographic showing a selection of Snyder and Schauer's polling numbers since Dec. 2012, via published poll data from Real Clear Politics. Story continues below.)
IMP/Revsix/Blueprint polled 794 likely Michigan voters and found Snyder, who was elected in 2010 with an 18-point margin, currently has a 2.8 percent lead over Schauer with voters. That puts Snyder's margin within the four percent estimated margin of error, and means, for all intents and purposes, the two candidates are statistically tied.
"It's almost a three-way race for a two-man contest," IMP proclaimed, given that 30 percent of Michigan voters told the pollsters they haven't decided which candidate should get their vote.
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