Mitchell Research & Communications Inc-Michigan Polls

[Nicholas_J]

Kerry with 45 point in Michigan.


2/2-4 MoE 5%

Kerry 56%
Dean 9%
Edwards 7%
Clark 3%
Kucinich 2%
other 4%
undecided 19%

Kerry romp costs Michigan its stage

As caucus nears, candidates pay little attention to state

By Mark Hornbeck and Charlie Cain / News Lansing Bureau




LANSING — Michigan’s big dance may turn out to be a slumber party.

The strong showing of Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry in the first nine primaries across the nation and his wide lead in polls here has tamped down the excitement surrounding Saturday’s Michigan Democratic presidential caucus and made it a race for second place in the eyes of some candidates and experts.

A Detroit News/Mitchell poll of 450 likely caucus voters statewide taken Monday through Wednesday shows Kerry with 56 percent support. Former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean was second with 9 percent, followed by North Carolina Sen. John Edwards at 7 percent.

http://www.detnews.com/2004/politics/0402/05/a01-56348.htm

[NWHarkness]

1. Kerry needs to start thinking ahead

Even though he has a huge lead in Michigan, it was very bad general election politics to skip the Detroit NAACP forum tonight.

[U of M Dem 07]

2. Dean

Dean was scheduled to speak at the University of Michigan tomorrow, but left to go to Wisconsin. I was looking forward to seeing him, and I don't like the fact that he blew off Michigan (even though he was far behind in the polls). Is Dean close to Kerry in Wisconsin?