Granholm's Job Performance Lower than 36%?
Friends,
Both Detroit News columnist Daniel Howes and Crain's Detroit Business report today that a new poll done by polling firm EPIC-MRA finds that 83% of voters polled rate the state legislature's performance as “total negative” and 64% disapprove of Governor Granholm's job performance.
I do NOT believe this poll is close to accurate. I mean, how is it even possible that 17% of voters think the state legislature is doing a good or "okay" job? Who are the 36% of voters that think Governor Granholm is doing a fair or good job?
I know that there are bankruptcy attorneys, real estate auction firms, moving companies, and such that are prospering in Michigan right now. But people employed by such a narrow segment of the overall market cannot comprise 17% of the state population. Even if you throw in state employees who have received two pay increases in the last several months, you don't hit 17% of population. You get closer to 17% when you throw in all government employees (like university professors, county employees, and others) who continue to receive guaranteed pay increases propped up by Lansing's tax increases. But what about the 36% who like Granholm's job performance?
Ah, but wait. The firm that conducted the poll, EPIC-MRA, is owned by pollster Ed Sarpolus. Sarpolus worked for the Senate Democrats as a communications specialist back in the early 1980s. His job as a liberal spinster for the Senate Democrats was to make a massive hike in the state income tax sound popular. He lost that job when citizens recalled former state senators Phil Mastin and David Serotkin for voting for the tax hike, and Democrats lost control of the state Senate. Sarpolus went on to create his own polling firm.
Since that time, Sarpolus' firm has earned the nickname in Lansing "ERROR-MRA" for its' frequently left-skewed polling results. Sarpolus' polls always had the 2006 Michigan Civil Rights Initiative as losing or fading in voter support. About a year ago, even the left-leaning Detroit Free Press stopped using his firm for their polls.
So, ERROR-MRA's Ed Sarpolus is at it again - releasing poll numbers that skew in favor of Governor Granholm and state legislative leaders by overstating their support. Yep, we can be pretty certain that 36%, or even 17%, of Michigan voters are not so stupid as to believe that Lansing has been pointing Michigan in the right direction.
We will find out soon enough when lawmakers are forced to face voters in early recall elections.
Leon Drolet
MI Taxpayers Alliance
www.mitaxpayers.org
Both Detroit News columnist Daniel Howes and Crain's Detroit Business report today that a new poll done by polling firm EPIC-MRA finds that 83% of voters polled rate the state legislature's performance as “total negative” and 64% disapprove of Governor Granholm's job performance.
I do NOT believe this poll is close to accurate. I mean, how is it even possible that 17% of voters think the state legislature is doing a good or "okay" job? Who are the 36% of voters that think Governor Granholm is doing a fair or good job?
I know that there are bankruptcy attorneys, real estate auction firms, moving companies, and such that are prospering in Michigan right now. But people employed by such a narrow segment of the overall market cannot comprise 17% of the state population. Even if you throw in state employees who have received two pay increases in the last several months, you don't hit 17% of population. You get closer to 17% when you throw in all government employees (like university professors, county employees, and others) who continue to receive guaranteed pay increases propped up by Lansing's tax increases. But what about the 36% who like Granholm's job performance?
Ah, but wait. The firm that conducted the poll, EPIC-MRA, is owned by pollster Ed Sarpolus. Sarpolus worked for the Senate Democrats as a communications specialist back in the early 1980s. His job as a liberal spinster for the Senate Democrats was to make a massive hike in the state income tax sound popular. He lost that job when citizens recalled former state senators Phil Mastin and David Serotkin for voting for the tax hike, and Democrats lost control of the state Senate. Sarpolus went on to create his own polling firm.
Since that time, Sarpolus' firm has earned the nickname in Lansing "ERROR-MRA" for its' frequently left-skewed polling results. Sarpolus' polls always had the 2006 Michigan Civil Rights Initiative as losing or fading in voter support. About a year ago, even the left-leaning Detroit Free Press stopped using his firm for their polls.
So, ERROR-MRA's Ed Sarpolus is at it again - releasing poll numbers that skew in favor of Governor Granholm and state legislative leaders by overstating their support. Yep, we can be pretty certain that 36%, or even 17%, of Michigan voters are not so stupid as to believe that Lansing has been pointing Michigan in the right direction.
We will find out soon enough when lawmakers are forced to face voters in early recall elections.
Leon Drolet
MI Taxpayers Alliance
www.mitaxpayers.org
posted by Leon Drolet at
8:03 PM
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