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Parents > United States > Michigan > President
Parent RaceUS President - R Primaries
OfficePresident
HonorificPresident - Abbr: President
Type Primary Election
Filing Deadline 00, 2012 - 12:00pm Central
Polls Open February 28, 2012 - 06:00am Central
Polls Close February 28, 2012 - 07:00pm Central
Term Start January 20, 2013 - 12:00am
Term End January 20, 2017 - 12:00pm
ContributorIndyGeorgia
Last ModifiedRBH December 19, 2015 04:26am
Data SourcesMichigan Secretary of State
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LAST GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyDemocratic Won11/04/2008
NameBarack Obama Votes2,872,579 (57.43%)
Term01/20/2009 - 01/20/2013 Margin823,940 (+16.47%)
NEXT GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyDemocratic Won11/06/2012
NameBarack Obama Votes2,564,569 (54.21%)
Term01/20/2013 - 01/20/2017 Margin449,313 (+9.50%)
NEXT GENERAL ELECTION
RaceMI US President 11/06/2012
LEANING PREDICTIONS    Detail
Leaning Graph
12/01/2010 02/28/2012
CandidateSlightLeanStrongSafe
Rick Santorum 8 1 ----
Mitt Romney 16 5 --2
Leaning Call: Mitt Romney (77.27%)
Weighted Call: Mitt Romney (98.77%)
MATCHUP POLL GRAPH
Poll Graph

05/25/2010 02/27/2012

CANDIDATES
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Name Gov. Mitt Romney Sen. Rick Santorum Rep. Ron Paul Rep. Newt Gingrich Uncommitted Gov. Rick Perry Gov. Charles E. "Buddy" Roemer III
PartyRepublican Republican Republican Republican Republican Republican Republican
Campaign Logo
Certified Votes 409,522 (41.10%) 377,372 (37.87%) 115,911 (11.63%) 65,027 (6.53%) 18,809 (1.89%) 1,816 (0.18%) 1,784 (0.18%)
Margin0 (0.00%) -32,150 (-3.23%) -293,611 (-29.46%) -344,495 (-34.57%) -390,713 (-39.21%) -407,706 (-40.91%) -407,738 (-40.92%)
Predict Avg.37.51% 31.27% 12.25% 17.50% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Cash On Hand $-- $-- $-- $-- $-- $-- $--
Website [Website] [Website] [Website] [Website] [Website] [Website]
Entry Date 00/00/2011 00/00/2011 00/00/2011 00/00/2011 00/00/2011 00/00/2011 00/00/2011
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MATCHUP POLLS (31 from 9 pollsters)
Adj Poll Avg35.17%-- 34.58%-- 12.24%-- 11.01%-- 0.00%-- 0.00%-- 0.00%--
Public Policy Polling 
02/26/12-02/27/12		 37.00% 2.0 38.00% 1.0 14.00% 1.0 9.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Mitchell Research & Communications 
02/27/12-02/27/12		 37.00% 2.0 36.00% 1.0 9.00% 1.0 9.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
We Ask America 
02/26/12-02/26/12		 36.85% 7.9 32.53% 3.5 18.08% 6.1 12.53% 2.5 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Mitchell Research & Communications 
02/26/12-02/26/12		 35.00% 1.0 37.00% 4.0 8.00% 4.0 9.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Rasmussen Reports 
02/26/12-02/26/12		 38.00% 2.0 36.00% 2.0 11.00% 1.0 10.00% 1.0 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Public Policy Polling 
02/26/12-02/26/12		 39.00% 6.0 37.00% -- 13.00% 2.0 9.00% 1.0 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
American Research Group 
02/25/12-02/26/12		 35.00% 1.0 36.00% 2.0 15.00% 3.0 8.00% 1.0 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Rasmussen Reports 
02/23/12-02/23/12		 40.00% 6.0 34.00% 4.0 10.00% -- 9.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Mitchell Research & Communications 
02/23/12-02/23/12		 36.00% 4.0 33.00% 3.0 12.00% 5.0 9.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
American Research Group 
02/21/12-02/22/12		 34.00% 2.0 38.00% 1.0 12.00% 3.0 7.00% 3.0 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Rasmussen Reports 
02/20/12-02/20/12		 34.00% 2.0 38.00% 3.0 10.00% 3.0 9.00% 2.0 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Mitchell Research & Communications 
02/20/12-02/20/12		 32.00% 7.0 30.00% 4.0 7.00% 4.0 9.00% 4.0 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
We Ask America 
02/19/12-02/19/12		 29.00% -- 29.00% -- 12.00% -- 10.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Public Policy Polling 
02/17/12-02/19/12		 33.00% 9.0 37.00% 2.0 15.00% 3.0 10.00% 1.0 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
American Research Group 
02/15/12-02/16/12		 32.00% 5.0 37.00% 4.0 15.00% 3.0 10.00% 11.0 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Marketing Resource Group 
02/13/12-02/14/12		 33.00% 1.0 43.00% 42.0 8.00% 2.0 11.00% 4.0 0.00% -- 0.00% 13.0 0.00% --
Mitchell Research & Communications 
02/14/12-02/14/12		 25.00% -- 34.00% -- 11.00% -- 5.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Rasmussen Reports 
02/13/12-02/13/12		 32.00% 6.0 35.00% 18.0 13.00% 1.0 11.00% 12.0 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Detroit News 
02/11/12-02/13/12		 30.40% -- 34.00% -- 8.90% -- 11.60% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
American Research Group 
02/11/12-02/12/12		 27.00% -- 33.00% -- 12.00% -- 21.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Public Policy Polling 
02/10/12-02/12/12		 24.00% 1.0 39.00% -- 12.00% 6.0 11.00% 5.0 0.00% -- 0.00% 13.0 0.00% --
Rasmussen Reports 
02/01/12-02/01/12		 38.00% -- 17.00% -- 14.00% -- 23.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
EPIC/MRA 
01/21/12-01/25/12		 31.00% -- 10.00% -- 14.00% -- 26.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Strategic National (R) 
12/08/11-12/08/11		 28.74% 4.3 3.16% 1.3 7.47% -- 30.75% 20.6 0.00% -- 2.59% -- 0.00% --
Marketing Resource Group 
09/14/11-09/19/11		 34.00% -- 1.00% -- 6.00% -- 7.00% -- 0.00% -- 13.00% -- 0.00% --
Public Policy Polling 
07/21/11-07/24/11		 25.00% 1.0 0.00% -- 6.00% 1.0 6.00% 10.0 0.00% -- 13.00% -- 0.00% --
Public Policy Polling 
03/18/11-03/20/11		 26.00% 4.0 0.00% -- 7.00% 3.0 16.00% 1.0 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Strategic National (R) 
01/24/11-01/25/11		 24.40% -- 1.90% -- 0.00% -- 10.20% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Public Policy Polling 
12/03/10-12/06/10		 22.00% 8.0 0.00% -- 10.00% 2.0 15.00% 1.0 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Public Policy Polling 
09/17/10-09/19/10		 30.00% 7.0 0.00% -- 8.00% 2.0 16.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Public Policy Polling 
05/25/10-05/27/10		 37.00% -- 0.00% -- 6.00% -- 16.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
ENDORSEMENTS
Endorsements
R Peter MacGregor 🔗
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R Michael J. "Mike" Bouchard 🔗
R Alan Sanborn 🔗
R Brian N. Calley 🔗
R Rick Snyder 🔗
R Dan Benishek 🔗
R Ronna Romney 🔗
R Paul Welday 🔗
R Andrew "Rocky" Raczkowski 🔗
R Ken Yonker 🔗
R Bradford C. Jacobsen 🔗
R Kenneth B. Horn 🔗
R Mike Callton 🔗
R John Proos, IV 🔗
R Goeff Hansen 🔗
R Joe Knollenberg 🔗
R Vernon Ehlers 🔗
R Saul Anuzis
R Bill Schuette 🔗
R Holly Hughes 🔗
R Rick Jones 🔗
R Roger Kahn 🔗
R Mike Kowall 🔗
R Phillip Pavlov 🔗
R Tonya Schuitmaker 🔗
R John Walsh 🔗
R Lisa Posthumus Lyons 🔗
R David Agema 🔗
R Jon Bumstead 🔗
R Frank Foster 🔗
R Kurt Heise 🔗
R Marty Knollenberg 🔗
R Eileen Kowall 🔗
R Matt Lori 🔗
R Greg MacMaster 🔗
R Mark Ouimet 🔗
R Paul H. Scott 🔗
R Dale W. Zorn 🔗
R Justin Amash 🔗
R Candice Miller 🔗
MORE CANDIDATES
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Name Rep. Michele Bachmann Ambassador Jon Huntsman Herman Cain Fred Karger Gov. Gary Johnson  
PartyRepublican Republican Republican Republican Republican  
Campaign Logo  
Certified Votes 1,735 (0.17%) 1,674 (0.17%) 1,211 (0.12%) 1,180 (0.12%) 458 (0.05%)  
Margin-407,787 (-40.92%) -407,848 (-40.93%) -408,311 (-40.97%) -408,342 (-40.98%) -409,064 (-41.05%)  
Predict Avg.2.00% 0.07% 0.05% 0.00% 0.00%  
Cash On Hand $-- $-- $-- $-- $--  
Website [Website] [Website] [Website] [Website] [Website]  
Entry Date 00/00/2011 00/00/2011 00/00/2011 00/00/2011 00/00/2011  
MATCHUP POLLS (31 from 9 pollsters)
Adj Poll Avg0.00%-- 0.00%-- 0.00%-- 0.00%-- 0.00%--  
Public Policy Polling 
02/26/12-02/27/12		 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Mitchell Research & Communications 
02/27/12-02/27/12		 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
We Ask America 
02/26/12-02/26/12		 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Mitchell Research & Communications 
02/26/12-02/26/12		 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Rasmussen Reports 
02/26/12-02/26/12		 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Public Policy Polling 
02/26/12-02/26/12		 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
American Research Group 
02/25/12-02/26/12		 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Rasmussen Reports 
02/23/12-02/23/12		 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Mitchell Research & Communications 
02/23/12-02/23/12		 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
American Research Group 
02/21/12-02/22/12		 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Rasmussen Reports 
02/20/12-02/20/12		 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Mitchell Research & Communications 
02/20/12-02/20/12		 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
We Ask America 
02/19/12-02/19/12		 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Public Policy Polling 
02/17/12-02/19/12		 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
American Research Group 
02/15/12-02/16/12		 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Marketing Resource Group 
02/13/12-02/14/12		 0.00% 3.0 0.00% 3.0 0.00% 5.0 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Mitchell Research & Communications 
02/14/12-02/14/12		 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Rasmussen Reports 
02/13/12-02/13/12		 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Detroit News 
02/11/12-02/13/12		 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
American Research Group 
02/11/12-02/12/12		 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Public Policy Polling 
02/10/12-02/12/12		 0.00% 12.0 0.00% -- 0.00% 7.0 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Rasmussen Reports 
02/01/12-02/01/12		 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
EPIC/MRA 
01/21/12-01/25/12		 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Strategic National (R) 
12/08/11-12/08/11		 6.32% -- 4.02% 2.5 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Marketing Resource Group 
09/14/11-09/19/11		 3.00% -- 3.00% -- 5.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Public Policy Polling 
07/21/11-07/24/11		 12.00% -- 0.00% -- 7.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Public Policy Polling 
03/18/11-03/20/11		 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Strategic National (R) 
01/24/11-01/25/11		 0.00% -- 1.50% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Public Policy Polling 
12/03/10-12/06/10		 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Public Policy Polling 
09/17/10-09/19/10		 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Public Policy Polling 
05/25/10-05/27/10		 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
ENDORSEMENTS
Endorsements
R Dan Benishek 🔗
 

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