Michigan Likely Voters
Mitt Romney was born in Detroit and grew up in Michigan: does that make you more likely or less likely to support him for president or does this not affect your vote either way?
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Row % Row % Row %
Michigan Likely Voters 10% 2% 88%
Party Identification** Republican 12% 1% 87%
Independent 7% 3% 90%
Tea Party Supporters 7% 1% 92%
Intensity of Tea Party Support Strongly support Tea Party 5% 1% 94%
Support Tea Party 8% 1% 91%
Does not support Tea Party 13% 2% 85%
Political Ideology Liberal-Moderate 9% 3% 87%
Conservative 11% 1% 88%
Very conservative 9% 0% 91%
Political Ideology Liberal-Moderate 9% 3% 87%
Conservative-Very conservative 10% 1% 89%
Past Participation*** Yes 10% 2% 88%
No 12% 2% 86%
Republican Candidates Mitt Romney 17% 0% 83%
Rick Santorum 4% 3% 93%
Ron Paul 6% 3% 90%
Newt Gingrich 12% 1% 87%
Candidate Support Strongly support 11% 2% 87%
Somewhat support 10% 2% 88%
Might vote differently 8% 2% 90%
Most Important Quality Shares your values 9% 2% 89%
Is closest to you on the issues 7% 2% 91%
Can beat President Obama in 2012 11% 2% 87%
Has the experience to govern 16% 1% 83%
Gender Men 9% 2% 89%
Women 11% 2% 88%
Age Under 45 10% 0% 90%
45 or older 10% 3% 88%
Region Wayne County (Detroit) 10% 3% 87%
Oakland and Macomb Counties 10% 3% 87%
Lansing-Ann Arbor Area 10% 2% 88%
Grand Rapids Area 9% 0% 91%
North Central/Upper Peninsula 12% 1% 87%
Household Income Less than $75,000 9% 2% 89%
$75,000 or more 9% 2% 90%
Evangelical Christians 12% 1% 88%
Mormons are Christians Yes 10% 1% 88%
No-Unsure 9% 2% 88%
Education Not college graduate 11% 2% 87%
College graduate 9% 2% 89%
Interview Type Landline 11% 2% 88%
Cell Phone 7% 2% 90%
NBC News/Marist Poll Michigan Likely Republican Primary Voters. Interviews conducted February 19th and 20th, 2012, N=715 MOE +/- 3.7 percentage points. Totals may not add to 100% due to rounding.
**There are too few Democrats for analysis purposes
***Past participation refers to previous participation in a Michigan Republican Presidential Primary.