A new poll by the Glengariff Group shows President Barack Obama holding a roughly 5-point advantage over presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney in Michigan.
In the statewide survey of likely voters conducted May 10-11, Obama leads Romney 45.1 percent to 39.5 percent. The poll’s margin of error is 4 percentage points.
While Michigan Romney’s former home, the president has enjoyed a political boost there from the successful execution of the U.S. automotive industry bailout. Romney struggled to win the Michigan Republican primary over Rick Santorum in late February. The TPM Poll Average shows Obama with a slight lead over the former Massachusetts governor in the Great Lakes State.
