Poll: Kid Rock trailing Stabenow by almost 20 points

[DonViejo]

Source: The Hill




BY JOHN BOWDEN - 09/21/17 10:10 AM EDT

Possible GOP Senate hopeful Kid Rock is trailing Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) by double digits in a new poll.

The musician, whose real name is Robert Ritchie, trails the senior Democratic senator from Michigan, 52 to 34 percent, in a hypothetical match-up, according to a Media Research Group poll released early Thursday.

MRG's president, Tom Shields, said Ritchie has so far been unable to translate his star power into support among voters. “Kid Rock would have an uphill climb against Stabenow if he were serious about getting into the race,” Shields said in a statement.

The poll shows Democrats supporting Stabenow by an 87 to 9 percent margin, while Republicans were more tepid in their support of Ritchie. Sixty-six percent of Republicans said they would support him, while 13 percent would support Stabenow and 20 percent are undecided or won't vote.

Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/351711-poll-kid-rock-trailing-stabenow-by-almost-20-points

[Gothmog]

1. But some fake polls show this idiot winning this race

[Loki Liesmith]

5. Nate Silver exposed them as fake right?

Or was it someone else?

[Mr.Bill]

2. Hopefully, our

Idiot celebrities getting elected to office nightmare which began in 1980 and led to Trump is over.

[jmowreader]

35. We only need good celebrities being elected to office

One of the Minnesota senators got elected largely on star power, but he's turned out to be an excellent senator.

I remember a couple of Republican celebrities who were decent rank-and-file congressmen. Sonny Bono's big accomplishment was protecting the Salton Sea. And Fred Grandy, as far as I remember, went there and just worked. He served before 24-hour news and C-SPAN were things, so who knows what he'd be like now.

I think Kid Rock would go there to fight with the Democrats.

Hopefully the electorate will see now that a person should not go from having nothing to do with politics to high office in one jump.

[Mr.Bill]

37. Yes, there have been some good celebrity politicians.

Al Franken is certainly among them.

[gademocrat7]

3. I hope Senator Stabenow wins by double digits.

[jalan48]

4. I thought he lived in Malibu, California.

[underpants]

11. You don't have to establish residence until before taking office

A person can be elected without actually being a resident

[jalan48]

33. Interesting. Seems like a great point for a campaign ad against him.

You know, out of touch, rich conservative running for office in a state he doesn't even live in.

[pangaia]

6. KID..... ROCK... is running for the Senate?? Where have I been?

Or even more frightening, WHERE AM I??

[MontanaMama]

7. I don't trust anything with elections

any more. Russia probably wants him elected.

[Locrian]

9. absolutely

All they have to do is make sure the stupidest person wins - the end result is a weakening of the US.

And Kid Rock it just about as stupid as stupid gets - ie the perfect candidate.

[Dopers_Greed]

8. Just wait until...

Wikileaks starts releasing stuff, and Putin hacks the voting machines.

[DownriverDem]

12. Okay

What should we do? Stabenow has been a Senator for a while. We here in Michigan know her quite well.

[DownriverDem]

10. Good News

I live in Michigan. We have two Dem Senators - Stabenow and Peters. They are doing a fine job for us. I have never been a Kid Rock fan after he sold out, went country and flew that Confederate rag at his concerts. Yes he stopped flying it, but most of his supporters are RW repubs. If Kid Rock wants to run he needs to do it the correct way. I don't think he wants to give up the money.

[AlleganCarpenter]

15. A fine senator

Both Stabenow and Peters are moderate politicians which is a stance reflecting the purple makeup of this state. Which means, of course, I have many disagreements with them. I contact them frequently and get thoughtful replies in return. Contrast that to the condescending, hateful replies I receive from the R reps I shake my fist at.

[Eliot Rosewater]

17. Kid Rock properly reflects the GOP, immature and childish assholes who

have no clue what they are talking about.

[safeinOhio]

25. Along with his arrest record.

Did he ever get his GED?

[Marthe48]

13. He should be 99 points behind

I hope people wake up and elect people who can actually run the country.

[rurallib]

14. Some voter suppression, some hacked machines, tons of money for distorted TV ads and voila!

Senator Rock!

never bet against the stupidity of the American people.

[Lazy Daisy]

16. This is one we shouldn't take as a joke

Even some very liberal friends like him, proclaiming "look at everything he's done for Detroit". Just because you are charitable doesn't mean you're not an asshole. He's centrist just enough on some social issues to attract a lot of voters. Our party needs to take this threat seriously and start fighting him now before he gets too much steam.

Finding the skeletons in his closet won't do it. Look at the monstrosity that was elected President. We need to shut this shit down.

[LisaM]

28. Yeah, by the way, what ARE "all these things he has done for Detroit"?

The only thing he did as far as I'm concerned was keep me out of Detroit last weekend - I've been doing the Tour de Troit bike ride for years, but this year it coincided with six night of Kid Rock shows at LCA and I decided not to deal with it, so I didn't go.

His brewery, AFAIK, shut down, right?

[jmowreader]

36. Hang on...he owned a brewery in Detroit?

Isn't alcohol one of Detroit's problems?

[LisaM]

40. It wasn't in Detroit proper, it was in Brighton or something.

And no, alcohol is not one of Detroit's problems!! There's some good new brewpubs there now.

[Lazy Daisy]

41. Don't know what he's done for Detroit, if anything

I think he makes a lot of charitable contributions. But as I said, just because you're charitable doesn't make you a good person.

[SpicyBoi]

18. I'm scared of this one...

He's got voter registration at rallies/concerts. He's going to be tough to beat.

[harun]

19. Agree, never discount name recognition (i.e. Trump)

[Old Vet]

21. Was watching his intro at one of his concerts where hes a MAJOR trump supporter...........

He was talking some vile shit about Obama and HRC, Straight up horseshit like ted nugent. The kind of ugly, vile shit trump supporters love. Fuck, If trump can become the president this nitwit might be able to pull some shit also. ITS CRAZY

[DK504]

20. Stabenow is great!

Her campaign ca not be fooled into thinking this will be a pretty fight. Robbie Richie will get nasty and will have the backing of the RNC, just to get rid of her and make this country a bigger farce than we have already become.

She can't stay nice, she has to hit him with facts constantly and not let up until she is sworn in.

[The Wizard]

22. Trump was behind by 20

Rigged elections and stupid voters can destroy the world.

[0rganism]

23. this

i remember when HRC had the presidency wrapped up in the bag. happier times, but that's history now.

she was up big, a couple weeks to go, and then things... turned out very differently.

[HughBeaumont]

24. Kid Rock - an ACT from Day One.

This whole "White Trash Sweet Home Rags-to-Riches Country King" ruse he pulls is BULLSHIT.

He grew up on a 30 acre, 1.2 million dollar estate with an apple orchard and a stable. His dad owned six car dealerships.

He can talk about "growing up on the streets" all he wants . . . fact is, he ALWAYS had a safety net.

[muntrv]

32. He grew up in Romeo, not Detroit.

That's 32 Mile, not 8 Mile.

[EarthFirst]

26. Has he finally filed as a candidate?

Or are we still bending FEC rules?

[IronLionZion]

27. Michigan voters have made idiotic decisions before

it's not over until it's over

[3catwoman3]

29. Sixty-six % isn't exactly...

...tepid, IMO. It means 66% of Michigan Republicans are fucking idiots.

[TlalocW]

30. I'm torn

One, I want the Senate back in democratic hands so every seat matters but on the other hand, this would presumably give us 6 years of no new Kid Rock songs...

TlalocW

[Dawson Leery]

31. Trump being is the Whitehouse will save us from this.

Had Hillary taken her rightful place in the Whitehouse, the world may have had to deal with trash as a Senator.

[louis-t]

34. I have no doubt that a Republican candidate

who has pornographic videos of himself online and screams obscenities into a microphone regularly can win the Republican nomination, while a woman in a sleeveless designer dress is scorned, ridiculed and called obscene.

[maxrandb]

38. 34 fucking percent!!!!!?????

34% of Michiganders would vote for fucking Kid Rock!!!!????

All the more reason that Ohio State will beat the shit out of "that school up north" in November.

Christ on a Trailer Hitch! I guess you could run a Ham Sandwich and Limpball listeners would vote for it as long as it had a "R" after the words "Ham Sandwich"

[maxrandb]

39. I'm fucking moving to Nambia!!!!