Blog tagged as Elections

Nearly 43% of Michigan voters said their financial position is worse off today than it was a year ago.

After former President Barack Obama's Saturday rally in Detroit, a suggestion was made among Detroit political insiders that the event was more of a pep rally for Democratic peers than for Detroit's new or infrequent voters.

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's campaign has spent more than $14.7 between Aug. 23 and Oct. 23, while Tudor Dixon's campaign has spent nearly $2 million over the same time as the midterm race spins around the track for the last time, according to campaign filings turned in Friday.

During his visit to Michigan President Barack OBAMA attempted to tell his 3,000-person audience Saturday about the danger of political disagreement evolving into the demonizing of others.

Since the state's founding in 1837, Michigan has re-elected its governors in general elections 78% of the time, according to data compiled by MIRS.