Mitt Romney has taken a big slice into President Barack Obama’s once-solid lead in Michigan, a new survey released Monday by a prominent in-state pollster shows.
The latest poll from Lansing, Mich.-based firm EPIC-MRA, conducted entirely after last Wednesday’s debate on behalf of the Detroit Free Press, shows Obama holding a small lead over Romney among likely Michigan voters, 48 percent to 45 percent.
That’s within the poll’s margin of error of 4 percentage points and a sharp dip from EPIC’s poll a month ago, which showed the president boasting a 10-point lead in the Great Lake State, where many expected Obama to receive a big boost from his administration’s successful restructuring of the U.S. automakers.
The PollTracker Average continues to show Obama in a strong position in Michigan, where he currently leads by nearly 7 points.
