Detroit Free Press: Obama has 13-point Michigan lead over McCain

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Obama has 13-point Michigan lead over McCain
Momentum swings to Obama in almost every demographic
By TODD SPANGLER • FREE PRESS WASHINGTON STAFF • September 25, 2008



A week of economic crisis in Washington and on Wall Street has been very, very good for Barack Obama – at least in Michigan.

The Detroit Free Press/Local 4 Michigan Poll shows the Democratic senator from Illinois with a commanding lead of 13 points over Republican John McCain in the presidential race. Obama’s lead of 51% to 38% in the poll is nearly double the edge he had a month ago in a Michigan Poll taken just before the Democratic convention in Denver.

The poll showed momentum swinging clearly to Obama in almost every demographic. Among women, his lead is now 54%-35% -- eight points better than it was a month ago, before the Democratic and Republican national conventions and McCain’s selection of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his running mate. Among independents, Obama enjoys a 14-point lead.

As for what’s driving it – it’s the economy.

With the markets in distress, Washington policymakers scrambling to find a compromise bailout plan and taxpayers howling that they don’t want to be stuck with a $700 billion bill to help Wall Street financiers, Obama is reaping the benefit – so much so that Michigan could possibly be removed from the list of battleground states, even as the candidates have spent so much time in the state. ........(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080925/NEWS15/80925082