WDIV/Detroit News poll: Michigan voters very highly motivated to vote in November election

73.7 percent of participants report 'very high' motivation to vote in November

DETROIT – A new WDIV/Detroit News poll shows Michigan voters are very highly motivated to vote in this November's election.

The poll asked Michigan voters to rate, on a scale of one to 10, how motivated they are to vote in the November election. Here are the findings:

Motivation to vote

Participants could choose any number between one and 10, with one being very low and 10 being very high.

  • 0.5 percent of voters answered 1
  • 0 percent of voters answered 2
  • 0 percent of voters answered 3
  • 0.3 percent of voters answered 4
  • 2 percent of voters answered 5
  • 1.8 percent of voters answered 6
  • 4.8 percent of voters answered 7
  • 9.9 percent of voters answered 8
  • 7.1 percent of voters answered 9
  • 73.7 percent of voters answered 10

No voters refused to answer the question or reported that they didn't how to answer.

Poll methodology: 

The Glengariff Group, Inc. conducted a Michigan statewide survey of November 2018 likely general election voters. The 600 sample, live operator telephone survey was conducted on September 5-7, 2018 and has a margin of error of +/-4.0 percent with a 95 percent level of confidence. 64.0 percent of respondents were contacted via landline telephone. 36.0 percent of respondents were contacted via cell phone telephone.  This survey was commissioned by WDIV Local 4 and the Detroit News.   


About the Author:

Ken Haddad has proudly been with WDIV/ClickOnDetroit since 2013. He also authors the Morning Report Newsletter and various other newsletters, and helps lead the WDIV Insider team. He's a big sports fan and is constantly sipping Lions Kool-Aid.