LANSING, Mich. — Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer holds a 9 percentage point lead over Republican challenger Tudor Dixon in the final days of the race to see who will lead Michigan for the next four years, according to a new poll sponsored by The Detroit News and WDIV-TV.
In the survey of 600 likely voters in the Nov. 8 general election, 52% said they would vote for Whitmer, 43% said they supported Dixon, 3% backed a third-party candidate and 2% were undecided. The poll, conducted Oct. 26-28 by the Lansing-based Glengariff Group, had a margin of error of plus or minus 4 percentage points.
The results showed Whitmer still held a significant advantage in her reelection bid and was over the key 50% mark. However, Dixon, a political commentator from Norton Shores, has cut into a 17-point margin the Democrat incumbent had in a similar poll in late September. A month ago, 12% of participants were undecided. Many of them apparently have sided with the Republican nominee as she has unified base GOP voters.
