*Early* exit polling of Democratic #MichiganPrimary voters: about half say that U.S. economic system needs complete overhaul with closer to four in ten saying minor changes
Most #MichiganPrimary Democratic voters favor replacing private health insurance with government plan, per early exit polling
Note: these are preliminary estimates and may change as more data arrives
That said, beating Trump more important than agreeing on the issues for most #MichiganPrimary Democratic voters... theme we've seen again and again throughout primaries
In early exit polling of #MichiganPrimary, about three in ten Democratic voters say they decided how to vote in last few days...
Pretty different than what we saw in some Super Tuesday states, like Minnesota, where this number was over a half
#MichiganPrimary voters equally split between saying they decided how to vote this month and earlier than that, per early exit polling...
Full time-of-decision breakdown, per *early* exit polling of #MichiganPrimary
9% just today
21% last few days
19% earlier this month
8% February
40% before that
Note: these are initial estimates and may change somewhat
Biden's margin much smaller among white voters, per exit polling in #MichiganPrimary
In #MichiganPrimary, Biden's doing better in counties that Clinton did better in four years ago...
Correlation is modest partly because Biden performance is more even across regions of state -- he's over-performing Clinton everywhere but Wayne County
(Plot excludes one outlier)
One of strongest county-level correlations to pop out from #MichiganPrimary results... Sanders doing better where young (18-29) voters make up higher share of registered voters
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GOP heads into fall still in position to win back House, but advantage a bit smaller after tumultuous summer — trend points toward narrow gains instead of wave
We estimate 226 GOP seats today — 12-seat gain that is smaller than in July
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GOP winning voters who prioritize economy/inflation, so what's tempering overall advantage?
Abortion is big part of story: still on voters' minds, shoring up Dem support, especially with women
More say midterm vote will be to support abortion rights rather than oppose them
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Another part of story is dropping gas prices and uptick in Biden approval — 45% with RVs, highest since Feb
Ratings also up on handling bread-and-butter issues like economy and inflation
Democrats driving gains: +8 on approval from July and +13 on things going well in U.S.
Looks like nature-of--times election: voters most likely to base vote on way things are in country — bad news for party in power
GOP leading among those who cite inflation and those feeling personal impact of higher prices
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Midterms typically referendum on party in power...
Overall, 47% say they're basing their vote a lot on their feelings about Biden — driven by Republicans, most of whom still don't call him legitimate 2020 winner
Trump is still factor for about as many — driven by Democrats