Mi-09: Gqr Poll For Gary Peters (10/6-7)

October 8, 2008

Peters Leads Knollenberg in Michigan CD-9 Interested Parties To: From: Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research

A survey1 of likely Michigan 9th Congressional district voters earlier this year shows Democrat Gary Peters holds a 43 to 40 percent lead over incumbent Congressman Gary Peters. Independent Jack Kevorkian only garners five percent of the vote.

Table 1: Peters-Knollenberg Vote

Vote Peters

43

Knollenberg

40

Kevorkian

5

Campbell

2

Goodman

3

Undecided

8

Knollenberg only receives an excellent or good job performance rating from 34 percent of voters, including just 27 percent of Independents. More voters hold unfavorable feelings toward him than favorable feelings (29 percent favorable, 35 percent unfavorable). Peters holds a lead despite a significant disadvantage in name recognition among voters; while Knollenberg is identified by 80 percent of voters, Peters is still being introduced to voters and is identified by 48 percent. Peters is in a strong position for the November contest, making this race a strong pickup opportunity for the Democratic Party. 1

This survey was prepared and supervised by Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research, Inc. Calling took place th th between October 6 and 7 , 2008. These findings, based on a sample size of 412 registered and likely November 2008 voters in Michigan’s 9th Congressional District, are subject to a sampling error of +/- 5.0 percent. www.greenbergresearch.com

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