Poll: Granholm, Stabenow still lead 2006 GOP opponents [View All]

[Judi Lynn]

Poll: Granholm, Stabenow still lead 2006 GOP opponents
September 22, 2005, 6:20 PM


LANSING, Mich. (AP) -- Gov. Jennifer Granholm's job rating this month dipped below 50 percent for the first time since she took office in January 2003, but she still holds a 20-point lead over Republican challenger Dick DeVos.

The poll released Thursday by Lansing-based EPIC/MRA shows 46 percent of the 600 likely voters polled gave the Democratic governor a positive job rating, while 49 percent gave her a negative rating and 5 percent were undecided. Granholm had a 52 percent positive job rating in July and a 54 percent positive rating in August in earlier EPIC/MRA polls.

The governor did far better in a poll released the same day by "Inside Michigan Politics" editor Bill Ballenger. In that poll of 600 registered voters surveyed Sept. 16 through Wednesday by Lansing-based Marketing Resource Group, 56 percent approved of the way Granholm was handling her job, while 34 percent disapproved and 10 percent were undecided.

Fifty-seven percent had a favorable opinion of Granholm in the EPIC/MRA poll, while 54 percent had a favorable opinion in the MRG survey.
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