DETROIT – Poll results released Tuesday by the Detroit Regional Chamber of Commerce show Michigan voters across all political parties feel the country is headed in the wrong direction.
Michigan voters who took part in a statewide poll coordinated by researchers at the Glengariff Group expressed concern about the state of the state’s economy, infrastructure and governance.
According to the poll, 69% of Michigan voters believe the United States is on the wrong track — a percentage that has risen over the past two years. In October 2020, that figure was 55.9%.
According to the poll, Republican voters are more likely to believe the country isn’t on the right track. Among voters who consider themselves strongly Republican, a reported 93% said the nation was on the wrong track. 38.9% of those who consider themselves strongly democratic said the nation is on the wrong track – compared to 67.9% of those who considered themselves more democratic.
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One of voters’ biggest concerns was the economy and ever-rising inflation, which is driving up prices in almost every market and industry. Poll results show that 72.8% of Michigan voters think the economy is on the wrong track.
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According to the poll, Michigan voters expressed particular concern in the following categories:
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Economy and inflation: 33.8%
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Roads and infrastructure: 13.4%
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Roe v. Calf and abortion: 10.9%
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Governance: 8.3%
Regarding the economic concerns, respondents said they believe the country’s economy is on the wrong track, mainly due to inflation and the cost of goods. Many, 44%, cited inflation while others cited gas prices and low wages, and some blamed the problem on the Biden administration, officials said.
But despite rising inflation in the US, about 48.4% of Michigan voters say they are doing about the same thing economically now as they have been in the past. The results show that 60.5% of Michigan’s workforce still hold the same job as they did before the COVID-19 pandemic hit. A smaller percentage, 26.2%, of voters say they hold another profession.
Regarding COVID infections, poll results show that self-reported infections were twice as high among Republican voters as among Democratic voters. Fifty percent of voters who identify as Strong Republicans said they contracted COVID, while 28.1 percent of voters who identify as Strong Democrats said they contracted the disease.
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Michiganders in their 40s were the most likely to have contracted COVID, compared to lower numbers across all age groups — particularly among those 65 years of age and older, where just 22.7% of voters said they had contracted COVID.
The poll results highlight voters’ political opinions and interest in voting in this year’s election, working and living conditions as COVID concerns ease, Michigan’s schools and more. You can read all the results in the following document.
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