Poll shows Michigan residents prefer Obama, split on gay marriage
By John Irwin on May 14, 2012 9:33 pm / 7 comments
A new poll shows President Barack Obama leading presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney in Michigan by roughly five points.
Obama has support from 45.1 percent of Michigan residents, while Romney has support from 39.5 percent of the state’s voters, according to a poll conducted by Glengariff Group Inc., a Chicago-based marketing research firm. Another 15.4 percent are undecided.
Obama won the state easily in 2008, beating Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., by 16 percent. With the recent poll showing much closer numbers, the president may have a more heated campaign in Michigan this year as he seeks re-election.
The president’s lead is largely due to strong support from women. While Obama is virtually tied with Romney among men, he leads his likely challenger by almost 12 percent among women.
Young voters under the age of 30 prefer Obama by a large margin, 51.7 percent to 35.6 percent, while seniors are evenly split between the two likely candidates. Romney leads Obama by small margins among voters in their 30s and 40s.
The former Massachusetts governor has a small lead over the president among independents, leading Obama by roughly four percent.
Romney beats the president among white voters by almost nine percent in the poll, while 94.2 percent of surveyed black voters said they support Obama.
After Obama’s endorsement of same-sex marriage last week, the poll found support for marriage for gays and lesbians growing at a rapid pace.
In another Glengariff poll conducted in January 2011, 50.2 percent of Michigan voters surveyed said they opposed same-sex marriage, while 38.5 percent supported it. Now, 44.3 percent of voters support same-sex marriage, with 43.7 percent opposed.
Support for civil unions for gay and lesbian couples is high in the state, with 56.5 percent of voters in support of them and 31.8 percent opposed.
In an unprecedented move, Obama came out in support of same-sex marriage in an interview with ABC News last week.
“At a certain point, I’ve just concluded that for me, personally, it is important for me to go ahead and affirm that I think same-sex couples should be able to get married,” Obama said.
Obama said he was taking a personal position, adding that he still feels the issue of same-sex marriage should be left to the states.
Romney reaffirmed his opposition to same-sex marriage during a commencement speech at the conservative Liberty University last weekend.
“Marriage is a relationship between one man and one woman,” Romney said.
In 2004, Michigan voters approved a measure that banned same-sex marriage and civil unions statewide. Just over 58 percent of voters voted in favor of the measure.
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7 Comments
Didn’t poll me…
Didn’t poll me…
African-Americans, by a 2-1 margin in North Carolina, voted against gay marriage last week. They joined us Limbaugh Republicans who still believe in morality. African-Americans nationwide are anti-gay marriage. Urban radio stations in the last week have seen angry callers toward Obama for supporting gay marriage.
Question for you liberals. Are African-Americans in 33 states who have voted down gay marriage on proposals and constitutional rights, are they bigots? I’m glad the black voters joined conservative Republicans.
@Michiganmediaperson:disqus
“They joined us Limbaugh Republicans who still believe in morality.”
Morality? Removing peoples rights based on sexual orientation? THAT’S morality? I bet 50 years ago you’d have been all for “separate but equal”.
Attention Liberals! Kevin didn’t want to answer the question.
African-Americans, by a 2-1 margin, voted against gay marriage. Nationwide, they have always voted against gay marriage. So, my question is, are African-Americans bigoted toward gays??? Yes or No.
@dc61525bd3b04354a1545328b911c4fa:disqus
That’s not a yes or no type question. Anyone who votes against gay marriage is a bigot, or carelessly misinformed. Color has nothing to do with their opinion towards gay marriage. The fact that African-Americans are more likely to vote against it is based on things such as: lack of education in inner cities created by the ever growing economic gap between the haves and have nots; their tendencies to participate in religious activities more often, and the stigma that is in these communities towards “different” sexual oriented individuals.
Until we as a society can get passed these stigmas, create awareness towards the cause, and stop trying to remove peoples rights as human beings, we will never have a harmonious society that is working together for the good of everyone.
I hope one day we will laugh that we ever had to have this argument.
“Complaining that someone else’s marriage is against your religion is
like being angry at someone for eating a donut because you’re on a
diet.”
Media bias by John Irwin. Did anyone catch John’s media bias?
He refers to Liberty University as conservative Liberty University since Liberty agrees with Michigan voters—-AGAINST Gay Marriage.
However, when Gay Speakers speak at CMU, have you noticed CM LIFE reporters don’t say liberal CMU????
Media Bias!!!
Barack Hussein Obama spoke at the very liberal Barnard College last week. No one in the mainstream liberal national media said liberal Barnard College!!!!
John, is this what CMU J-Professors are teaching?