Hillary Clinton Has Staggering Lead Among Michigan's Liquor Drinkers
DETROIT (CBS Detroit) Some claim this election is driving them to drink, but when supporters of Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton reach into the liquor cabinet their tastes are as different as their politics.
The shot and a beer crowd are not going for Donald Trump despite conventional wisdom about his blue collar audience, according to a new survey by Management Resource Group.
They, along with wine lovers, prefer Hillary Clinton.
On the other hand, Donald Trump leads her by one percent with those who don't drink.
The Management Resource Group survey shows Clinton with a four point lead with beer drinkers, a 9 point lead with wine drinkers and a staggering 24 percent lead with hard liquor consumers in Michigan.
"As pollster Tom Shields put it, the results of this election could drive more people to drink," WWJ's Lansing Bureau Chief Tim Skubick said.
Here are more results from the survey of Michigan voters:
- 83 percent of the undecided voters have an unfavorable opinion of both Clinton and Trump.
- Clinton is hurt by having third party candidates on the ballot more than Trump is by a couple percent. Clinton leads by 8 percent when we ask a two candidate only ballot test.
- Clinton is winning by 14 percent (45 percent to 31 percent) with 9 percent voters who have already cast their absentee ballots. However, Clinton and Trump are tied 38 percent to 38 percent among those 18 percent of the voters who said they planned on voting by absentee ballots.
- Polarizing? Only 1 percent of Trump voters have a positive impression of Clinton. And only 1 percent of Clinton voters have a positive view of Trump.
- Education gap? Clinton leads by 7 percent among those with a high school education or less. Trump leads by 2 percent among those who have attended some college (but no 4 year degree) or vocational school. Clinton leads by 9 percent among those voters who have a four year college degree or more.
- Even though Clinton leads Trump by 16 percent among women voters (46 percent – 30 percent) only 34 percent of women have a positive impression of Clinton. Fifty three percent of female voters have a negative impression of the potential first women President.
- A full set of cross tabs on the presidential questions can be found here at the MRG website.