Former President Donald Trump has an advantage over President Joe Biden in the key battleground state of Michigan, according to a Spree Strategies poll, continuing a trend that has been going on for months in the Wolverine State.
poll, released It was also found Tuesday night that most voters in the state support mass deportation of illegal aliens.
In a head-to-head race against Biden, Trump leads 48% to 43.7%. A further 8.3% of respondents were unsure or had no opinion about who they would support if the election were held today.
Mr. Trump maintains an advantage over Mr. Biden in the race against independent Robert F. Kennedy Jr., but the margin is narrow. Biden has an approval rating of 43%, followed by Biden at 39.8%. Kennedy Jr. came in third with 8.8 percent, and 3.8 percent would vote for “another candidate.” In this scenario, only 4.6% of potential voters are undecided.
Spry Strategies also assessed the importance of issues to voters and found that when combined, economic issues took the lead. More than a third of respondents said the cost of living (20.8 percent) or the economy in general (16.4 percent) was their biggest issue.
Abortion received the second highest rating at 21 percent, while illegal immigration was the next highest rated top issue for voters at 14.6 percent.
The survey also found that a majority of voters (51.6%) felt their families’ “economic security and personal security were better under the Trump administration than under the Biden administration.” Only 37.1% disagree.
The poll also focused on the border and immigration, showing that 55.7 percent of likely Michigan voters rate the “current state” of the southern border as a “crisis” level. A further 21.6% said the situation was a “serious problem” and 14.5% considered it a “somewhat serious problem.”
Most Michiganders support mass deportation efforts to remove illegal aliens from the country, with 43.7% saying they “strongly agree” and 43.7% saying they “strongly agree” with such efforts. 18.4% of the respondents answered that they “somewhat agree”. Just over 3 in 10 voters oppose mass deportations, to varying degrees.
RealClearPolitics voting average show In Michigan, Trump leads by 3.4%. Considering averages since January, seven of the past nine polls have Biden ahead, but the other two have him tied.
The poll surveyed 709 likely voters in the state between March 25 and March 28, and has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.7 percentage points.
