WXYZ-TV/Detroit Free Press poll in Michigan: Republicans are behind
Results of a new poll conducted by WXYZ-TV/Detroit Free Press were circulated on April 27. The poll asked participants from Michigan for whom they would likely vote if the Democrats nominated Hillary Clinton and the Republican Party nominated Donald Trump.
According to the results, 46.0% of participants are going to vote for the Democrats, while 38.0% are going to vote for the Republican Party. The poll was carried out from October 25 to October 31 among 600 likely voters. Estimated have a +/-4.0 percentage points margin of error.
In comparison with other surveys
Translating these results into two-party vote shares yields figures of 54.8% for the democrat Hillary Clinton and 45.2% for the republican Donald Trump. In comparison to the average results of other polls in Michigan the Democrats did better in this poll.
In comparison with PollyVote's prediction
In Comparison, the PollyVote right now expects the Democrats to achieve 53.9% of the two-party vote in Michigan, which is 0.9 percentage points lower than their poll figures.