Michigan Senate: Stabenow Retains Big Lead

Wednesday, February 15, 2006

Senator Debbie Stabenow (D) continues to enjoy a 20-point lead against three potential Republican challengers.

The Senator leads Oakland County Sheriff Michael Bouchard 54% to 33%, former Detroit city councilman Rev. Keith Butler 53% to 32%, and Rev. Jerry Zandstra 53% to 33%. These figures reflect little change from our January 15 survey.

While the survey showed little change in the Senate race, Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm (D)has lost her lead from the prior survey.

Senator Stabenow is viewed favorably by 51% of respondents. Twenty-three percent (25%) view Bouchard favorably, 23% view Butler favorably, and just 19% view Zandstra favorably.

By a 53% to 36% margin, Michigan voters trust Congressional Democrats more than the President on economic matters.

By a 53% to 38% margin, these same voters say that the economy is a more important issue than the situation in Iraq.

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The telephone survey of 500 Likely Voters was conducted by Rasmussen Reports February 9, 2006. The margin of sampling error for the survey is +/- 4.5 percentage points at the midpoint with a 95% level of confidence (see Methodology).

Survey of 500 Likely Voters
February 9, 2006

Election 2006

Michigan Senator

Debbie Stabenow (D)

54%

Michael Bouchard (R)

33%

Election 2006

Michigan Senator

Debbie Stabenow (D)

53%

Keith Butler (R)

32%

Election 2006

Michigan Senator

Debbie Stabenow (D)

53%

Jerry Zandstra (R)

33%

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