Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D-MI) has substantially extended her lead over Republican challenger Tudor Dixon, per a new poll.
Whitmer leads Dixon by 17 percentage points in the poll. Among the polled, 49.5% say they will vote for Whitmer, with 32.2% supporting Dixon, 6.1% saying they would back a third party, and 12.3% saying they were undecided about the Michigan contest.
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The poll was conducted by the Detroit News and WDIV-TV among 600 likely voters via phone from Sept. 26 to Sept. 29. The pollster notes the margin of error is roughly 4 percentage points.
Dixon, who has been endorsed by former President Donald Trump, has trailed in every poll against Whitmer and has lost ground compared to previous surveys. In a poll conducted at the end of August from the same pollster, Dixon trailed Whitmer 48%-35%.
This poll was conducted after Trump held a rally in Warren, Michigan, to boost his endorsements, including Dixon. At the Oct. 1 rally, Trump called Whitmer a “wild-eyed extremist.”
“Michigan, you need to dump this wild-eyed extremist Gretchen Whitmer and put Tudor Dixon in the governor’s mansion,” the former commander in chief said. “The first step to restoring public safety is defeating the radical Democrats this November, and that starts with trouncing Whitmer.”
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RealClearPolitics has rated the Michigan gubernatorial race as a toss-up, with Whitmer leading Dixon in the RCP polling average by 11.3 points.
