Michigan's Presidential Primary is scheduled for Feb. 28. Ahead of election day, The Glengariff Group, Inc. conducted a 500-sample, live operator telephone survey of registered Michigan voters likely to vote in the state's Feb. 28 Republican Presidential Primary Election. The survey was conducted on February 11-13 and has a margin of error of +/-4.38% with a 95% level of confidence. This survey was commissioned by the WDIV Local 4 and the Detroit News.
Here are the results:
The Auto Bailout: A Non-Issue
We asked voters if they would be more or less likely to vote for a candidate who opposed giving government loans to the automobile industry. 25.4% of voters would be MORE likely to vote for that candidate while 20.2% of voters would be less likely to vote for that candidate. 50.8% of voters said it made no difference to them.
Michigan's Republican Senate Nomination: Hoekstra Continues to Blow Away the Field
We asked voters who they would support in August in the Republican primary for the United Senate. Pete Hoekstra continues to hold a massive lead on all of his competitors – none of whom get above 5% of the vote.
Candidate Percentage
Pete Hoekstra 50.2%
Clark Durant 4.8%
Randy Heckman 1.8%
Gary Glenn 1.0%
Chuck Marino 0.8%
Peter Konetchy 0.6%
Undecided 38.0%
Hoekstra wins 64.9% of the vote in Northern Michigan, 64.2% of the vote in West Michigan and 60.4% of the vote in Southwest Michigan. When we look at just Republican voters Pete Hoekstra's margin rises to 56.3% with Clark Durant at 5.1%.
Pete Hoekstra has 87.8% name identification among likely Presidential primary voters breaking 49.8% favorable to 17.6% unfavorable.
Right Track/ Wrong Track
Republican voters are highly pessimistic about the direction of America, but very optimistic about the direction of Michigan.
By a margin of 9.6%-85.4%, Republican primary voters believe the nation is on the wrong track. But by a margin of 54.8%-34.8%, Republican primary voters believe Michigan is on the right track.
By a margin of 78.7%-12.2%, self identified Republicans have a favorable impression of Rick Snyder. By a margin of 79.0%-12.3%, conservative voters have a favorable impression of Rick Snyder.
Q: Generally speaking would you say that the nation is on the right track or would you say things have gotten off on the wrong track?
Right Wrong
UP/North 10.8% 85.1%
West 8.6% 88.6%
Southwest 6.3% 89.6%
Mid 17.8% 71.1%
E Central 2.1% 93.6%
Oakland 8.4% 88.0%
Macomb 15.0% 77.5%
Wayne 8.0% 88.0%
Rem of MSA 11.6% 81.4%
Conservative 3.4% 93.3%
Moderate 6.3% 90.6%
Tea Party 2.8% 94.9%
GOP 4.3% 91.8%
DEM 62.5% 29.2%
IND 14.5% 78.2%
Definitely 9.1% 87.3%
Probably 10.9% 80.6%
Pro-Life 5.5% 90.4%
Pro-Choice 19.3% 74.1%
Union 11.5% 83.8%
Non-Union 8.6% 86.2%
Right Wrong
Weekly 7.6% 88.6%
Semi Monthly 17.4% 78.3%
Monthly 8.7% 87.0%
Semi Yearly 10.5% 84.2%
Rarely 6.9% 87.9%
None 13.2% 73.7%
Male 11.6% 82.0%
Female 7.6% 88.8%
Q: Generally speaking would you say that Michigan is on the right track or would you say things have gotten off on the wrong track?
Right Wrong
UP/North 50.0% 37.8%
West 58.6% 35.7%
Southwest 58.3% 31.3%
Mid 55.6% 33.3%
E Central 36.2% 48.9%
Oakland 61.4% 31.3%
Macomb 57.5% 32.5%
Wayne 54.0% 32.0%
Rem of MSA 58.1% 30.2%
Conservative 56.2% 31.5%
Moderate 59.4% 31.3%
Tea Party 54.5% 34.2%
GOP 57.4% 30.7%
DEM 41.7% 54.2%
IND 50.0% 42.7%
Definitely 58.2% 30.7%
Probably 46.0% 45.3%
Pro-Life 56.8% 32.2%
Pro-Choice 51.1% 40.7%
Union 48.6% 37.8%
Non-Union 57.6% 33.2%
Weekly 56.1% 33.2%
Semi Monthly 58.7% 34.8%
Monthly 56.5% 34.8%
Semi Yearly 47.4% 42.1%
Rarely 50.0% 36.2%
None 52.6% 42.1%
Male 58.8% 30.4%
Female 50.8% 39.2%