In the latest survey quarterly survey of Michigan voters conducted by Denno Research, Ben Carson has a two point lead over Hillary Clinton, 38%-36%. When the choices were Donald Trump v. Hillary Clinton, Clinton had an eight point lead, 42%-34%.
The questions were:
- If the election for President was held today, and the choices were (ROTATE) Hillary Clinton the Democrat or Ben Carson the Republican, who do you think you would vote for?
- Hillary Clinton the Democrat 216 36.0 %
- Ben Carson the Republican 226 37.7 %
- Other/Unsure/DNK (DO NOT OFFER) 158 26.3 %
- If the election for President was held today, and the choices were (ROTATE) Hillary Clinton the Democrat or Donald Trump the Republican, who do you think you would vote for?
- Hillary Clinton the Democrat 254 42.3%
- Donald Trump the Republican 206 34.3 %
- Other/Unsure/DNK (DO NOT OFFER) 140 23.3 %
- When paired with Carson, Clinton only receives 38% support from female voters, but that increases to 47% against Trump, an increase of +9.
- While Carson gets 37% of self-identified Independents, Trump only gets 29%, a drop of -8.
- Against Carson, Clinton only gets 27% of Independent voters, but against Trump she gets 34%, an increase of +7.