Poll: Stabenow leads James by double digits in Michigan's U.S. Senate race

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Leonard N. Fleming, The Detroit News Published 10:55 p.m. ET Sept. 10, 2018 | Updated 11:01 p.m. ET Sept. 10, 2018

U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow has a double-digit lead over Republican opponent John James in her re-election bid, according to a new poll released Monday.

Stabenow, D-Lansing, was favored by 55.5 percent of 600 surveyed likely Michigan voters 33 percent for James, a Farmington Hills businessman and combat veteran, with 10 percent undecided. Third-party candidates received 2 percent support.

The Sept. 5-7 poll, conducted for The Detroit News and WDIV-TV by the Glengariff Group, has a margin of error of plus-minus 4 percentage points.

Almost all of the poll respondents had heard of the incumbent, and 54 percent held a favorable view of her compared with 31 percent unfavorable. James' name ID was at 54 percent with 21 percent favorable to 15.5 percent unfavorable.

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https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2018/09/11/poll-michigan-senate-stabenow-james-september/1259498002/

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I wonder how much money James has--I haven't seen one ad for him, either by his campaign or PACs like Americans for Prosperity. It's looking good, but we'll still keep working hard.

[jezebel321]

1. Faux News Outnumbered had him as their guest "outnumbered" guy for the whole hour yesterday.

Guess they are trying to give him an in kind contribution and pull his numbers up.

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2. Good luck with that, lol. He's universally unliked here. The only reason he won the primary

is because Calley,the Lt. Governor, is covered in Rick "The Dictator" Snyder stank. Plus, he's vowing to eliminate the ACA expanded Medicaid in Michigan. That's gone over like a lead balloon.

[RhodeIslandOne]

3. The GOP will be pulling funds from there soon

[Wounded Bear]

4. The whole "Trump" factor is vastly overrated...

Especially in states like Michigan, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania. Those states were "won" on razor thin margins. The main problem for Dems were those who stayed home and those who voted 3d party. Remember, almost always when Repubs win there are historic low turnout numbers. The other big problems, of course, were jerrymandering and voter suppression.

But people are getting the message. Penn fell to a court order and has been redistricted. There are several other states where that could happen.

Looking at the races over the last year or so, special and primaries, Dems are seeing about a 10-15% bump over the 2016 margins.

There's a lot to work for, but we have a ton of good Dem candidates of very diverse backgrounds and messages.

All politics is local, and there is only so much that can be attained through dumping tons of national dollars on a Congressional race.

I still feel good about our chances.

[NurseJackie]

5. That's so true! Turnout is very important. But it's really hard to make that happen...

The main problem for Dems were those who stayed home and those who voted 3d party.

That's so true! Turnout is very important. But it's really hard to make that happen when we have very LOUD voices proclaiming that the Democratic Party is "corrupt" and "ideologically bankrupt" and that Democrats are "feeble". The outright lie that the Democratic Party is "the party of the one-percent" really does tarnish our brand. It's divisive and it's just a variation on the old Nader and Sarandon chants about "both parties are the same" (ugh! sickening!)

It's like we're fighting a war on two fronts... against our enemies AND those who are supposed to be our allies. All I'm trying to say is that things would be a lot easier if we could focus all of our effort on fighting the GOP.

[Tiggeroshii]

6. Michigan needs to be blue again.

Looking forward to seeing Whitmer destroy Schuette in November.