A new Michigan poll suggested that Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s job performance has improved in voters’ minds.
The WDIV/Detroit News poll sampled 600 people via phone calls to find that 56.2% said they approve of Whitmer’s job performance, with 38.7% saying they disapprove.
The poll also showed independent voters view Whitmer favorably by a margin of 49% favorable to 32.9% unfavorable.
Results indicate an improvement in how Whitmer is viewed by her constituents since fall 2021 when nearly 44% of Michiganders disapproved, according to WDIV.
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Communications Director for the Michigan Republican Party Gustavo Portela took to Twitter to call the poll’s bluff.
“There’s nothing in the latest poll Whitmer should be celebrating,” Portela tweeted. “Gretchen Whitmer is not only vulnerable but on her way out.”
There’s nothing in the latest poll Whitmer should be celebrating:
✅Still loses re-election to a generic Republican
✅She’s “ridin’ with Biden”, who is deeply unpopular
✅Right track/wrong track in the wrong directionGretchen Whitmer is not only vulnerable but on her way out.
— Gustavo Portela (@gusportela) January 11, 2022
Portela predicted that Whitmer will still lose reelection to “a generic Republican” because she is “ridin’ with Biden,” who is “deeply unpopular.”
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The Glengariff Group, Inc. conducted the poll from Jan. 3 to 7 and reported a margin of error of plus or minus 4% with a 95% level of confidence.
