Bad news for the MI GOP II: The sinking elephant

From for my amusement only... More bad news for the Michigan regression party And the Survey(USA) Poll Sez- Granholm 50 DeVos 45 The trend continues... In an election for Governor of Michigan today, 10/9/06, incumbent Democrat Jennifer Granholm leads Republican challenger Dick DeVos by 5 points, 50% to 45%, according to an exclusive SurveyUSA poll conducted for WDIV-TV Detroit, WZZM-TV Grand Rapids and WDIO-TV Duluth. In two previous SurveyUSA tracking polls, released 9/18/06 and 8/22/06, the candidates had been tied at 47%. Today, Granholm leads by 19 points among women, up from an 8-point lead with this group. DeVos leads by 9 points among men, a 28-point "gender gap." DeVos leads by 5 points among white voters. Granholm leads by 66 points among black voters. Republicans support DeVos 9:1. Democrats support Granholm 7:1. DeVos has lost ground steadily among Independents. He got 46% of the Independent vote in August, 40% in September, 37% today. DeVos had led by 10 among Suburban voters, now leads by 1. Today, Granholm leads 2:1 in Wayne County. The race is tied other regions of Michigan. The election is in 29 days, on 11/7/06. Stabenow up 53 - 42. Cox leads 46- 42, but the gap is closing. Land is still the tough one to beat, 51 - 38. And we are all confused on Prop 2- 36 yes, 29 no, 35 undecided.