Michigan voters likely believe former President Donald Trump will do well on six out of seven important issues, according to a Quinnipiac University poll.
These voters are have More confidence in Trump to do a better job on the economy, immigration, preserving democracy, wars in the Middle East, military leadership, and hypothetical crises that endanger the United States. The only issue voters think Harris would do a better job on is abortion.
When it comes to the economy, 53% of respondents said they trust Trump more than Harris, while 45% said the opposite. Similar results were found on immigration, with voters trusting Trump more than Harris by a margin of 53% to 44%.
When it comes to “preserving democracy,” Trump has a slight lead over Harris in Michigan, 49% to 48%.
They also believe, by a 10-point difference (53 percent to 43 percent), that President Trump will do a better job in dealing with the Middle East conflict.
This means that Michigan has a dense Arab-American and Muslim community, and more than 100,000 Michigan Democrats have pledged to support the Biden-Harris administration's Israel-Hamas war in conjunction with the “Non-Commitment Movement.” This is especially noteworthy given that the response to the protests was accompanied by threats. Unless there is a cease-fire or a major change in policy, it could remain in November.
Crosstabs are not include In other words, there are no numbers on exactly where Arab-American or Mursim respondents stand on this issue.
The only thing we can glean is that white voters trust Trump more than Harris on handling the Middle East conflict, 57% to 40%, while “nonwhite” voters trust Trump more than Harris on this issue, 60% to 50. 33% of respondents prefer Harris.
When voters turned to who they thought was best suited to serve as commander-in-chief of the U.S. military, 52% chose Trump and 46% chose Harris. Voters also said by a 52% to 46% margin that they believed Mr. Trump was the better choice.[a] bring about a crisis[s] This country is in great danger. ”
On abortion, respondents said Harris would do a better job than Trump, 52% to 40%.
As journalist Mark Halperin pointed out on Tuesday's 2-Way show, outperforming Harris in six of the seven key areas was a disaster for the vice president. morning meeting Michigan is one of the Rust Belt states where the path to victory would be extremely difficult if Trump were to win.
Adding to the flames of Democratic panic, top-line Michigan polls show Trump leading Harris by 3 points, after leading by 5 points last month.
The poll sampled 1,007 likely voters in the Wolverine State from Oct. 3 to 7 and has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.1 percentage points.
