A new poll shows President Barack Obama with a healthy lead in Michigan over native Michigander Mitt Romney.
The results were 51% for Obama to 44% for Romney.
The poll results are different than other recent in-state polls that showed the race tightening. Last week, for example, Lansing-based EPIC-MRA released the results of an automated survey showing Obama led by only three points, 49% to 46% with 5% undecided.
Public Policy Polling released a survey Monday evening after contacting 815 likely voters in Michigan Friday through Sunday. The poll had a margin of error of plus or minus 3.4 percentage points.
According to Todd Spangler in the Free Press, a key difference between the EPIC-MRA poll and that done by PPP was the disparity of the support among independents. EPIC-MRA showed independents swinging toward Romney 51% to 38% while PPP showed the opposite --- Obama leading among independents 54% to 38% for Romney.
