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76%
Hillary Clinton
13%
Donald Trump
Projected Student Candidate Choice: Nov. 6
Source: Michigan Daily student survey (rounded to nearest percent)
6%
Gary Johnson
1%
Jill Stein
4.4%
Other
During the lead up to the
presidential
election,
The
Michigan Daily is polling students
about campaign issues every two
weeks. This is the fourth and final
iteration of the survey. Overall,
polling data can be seen here.
This week, the survey was
sent to 1,000 University of
Michigan students and received
205 responses over a period
of five days. The sample was
chosen randomly from University
undergraduate
and
graduate
students and reported in the
aggregate.
The majority of respondents
Protesters threw beer and
opened a can of pepper spray
during a visit from former Alaska
Gov. Sarah Palin’s (R) visit to
the Town Pump Tavern in
Detroit on Sunday night where
she was slated to campaign for
Republican presidential nominee
Donald Trump and participate in
an interview with Fox News’s Bill
O’Reilly.
Palin was in Michigan as
part of a series of stops in the
state planned by the Trump
campaign in the leadup to the
election amid a tightening race
in the state, which hasn’t been
won by a Republican since 1988.
Clinton currently leads by five
points, according to an aggregate
of polls, and has stepped up her
presence in Michigan as well.
Shortly after Palin’s arrival at
the Detroit bar, two men began
to yell obscenities and anti-
Trump rhetoric before they were
removed by the owner. According
to an eyewitness, a woman threw
beer on the bar owner while he
was walking the men out of the
bar.
“I
saw
two
guys
being
dispersed
while
Palin
was
talking (to the crowd), and they
were being put out by what
I understand to be the bar’s
owner,” the eyewitness said.
“And then this woman who
was sitting at the bar, who was
drinking a beer, splashed it on the
owner as he was escorting the
men out. This caused him to react
in a violent way — he threw them
all out.”
Once outside, the two men
continued to cause a disturbance,
With campaign stops from both
presidential candidates and their
surrogates just days before the
election, Michigan’s importance
as a possible swing state in the
presidential election has never
been more apparent.
Both Democratic presidential
nominee
Hillary
Clinton
and
Republican presidential nominee
Donald Trump will hold rallies in
the state on Monday. Additionally,
Republican
vice
presidential
nominee Mike Pence will campaign
with Trump, and President Barack
Obama will be in Ann Arbor in a Get
Out the Vote rally for Clinton. Over
the weekend, former president Bill
Clinton stopped in Lansing and
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Vol. CXXVI, No. 23
©2016 The Michigan Daily
NEWS......................... 2A
OPINION.....................4A
CL A SSIFIEDS .............. 5A
SUDOKU..................... 2A
A R T S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 A
S P O R T M O N DAY. . . . . . . . .1 B
See DATA, Page 3A
LANSING — Sunday at the
Lansing
United
Automobile
Workers chapter, President Bill
Clinton spoke to a crowd of 300
in a bid to convince state residents
that
Democratic
presidential
nominee Hillary Clinton could
create economic prosperity in the
state .
Bill Clinton’s speech came
just two days before the election
and is part of a blitz of visits to
Michigan from both Democrats
and Republicans as the race in the
state tightens, including a stop in
Ann Arbor by President Barack
Obama Monday.
Currently, Clinton is leading
Republican presidential nominee
Donald Trump in Michigan polls
by a margin of 4.7 percent, but
previously led by a 11.6 percent
margin as late as Oct. 21, according
to the RealClearPolitics polling
average. A Republican presidential
candidate has not won in Michigan
since George H. W. Bush in 1988.
Bill Clinton told the crowd he
believed Hillary Clinton would
win Michigan easily in a normal
election,
but
acknowledged
Republican presidential nominee
Donald
Trump’s
current
momentum, tying it to frustrations
about
stagnating
middle-class
incomes after the financial crisis
in 2008.
That
economic
stagnation
has been a core part of Trump’s
message, especially in typically
blue states like Michigan with
high proportions of blue-collar
workers.
“It’s close to the elections
and I believe Hillary will carry
Michigan if we turn out — in a
normal election, it wouldn’t be
close,” Bill Clinton said. “We all
know what’s going on, there’s a
lot of road rage out there, because
after the financial crash, it took a
long time before income started
going up again.”
In a bid to speak to that
frustration, Bill Clinton noted he
has been devoted to helping the
middle class get ahead, especially
during his time in office as
president.
See SWING, Page 3A
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See PALIN, Page 3A
See CLINTON, Page 3A
Sunday, just two days before
Tuesday’s presidential election,
Republican
presidential
nominee Donald Trump made
a campaign stop in Sterling
Heights, Mich.
More
than
8,000
people
attended the Trump rally, held at
the Freedom Hill Amphitheater,
the Detroit News reported.
The
Michigan
Daily
was
denied
credentials
to
this
event, as well as to the Trump
campaign’s stops last week in
Grand Rapids and Warren.
During his speech Sunday,
Trump spoke to the crowd about
a range of issues, including
unemployment,
taxes
and
See TRUMP, Page 3A
Another blowout
The No. 3 Michigan football
team made light work of
Maryland, beating the
Terrapins, 59-3, Saturday at
Michigan Stadium to move
to 9-0 on the season.
» Page 1B
Clinton visits
Eastern Market
Democratic presidential
nominee visits Michigan
days before election
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CAROLYN GEARIG/Daily
President Bill Clinton speaks in support of his wife, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, at the United Auto Workers office in Lansing, Michigan
Sunday.
AMANDA ALLEN/Daily
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) listens for her cue from an ear piece as supporters of Republican presidential nominee
Donald Trump pull the blinds down on a protestor outside of the window at Town Pump Tavern in Detroit Sunday.
In Daily poll,
support for
third parties
sees decline
Bill Clinton appeals to blue-collar
workers in Michigan UAW speech
2016
Preference for Clinton grows in leadup to
presidential election Tuesday
CAITLIN REEDY
Daily Staff Reporter
Former president cites his own work in creating jobs, economic prosperity
CALEB CHADWELL
Daily Staff Reporter
In last days,
Mich. gets
swing state
treatment
GOVERNMENT
As campaigns come to
a close, nominees aim
to sway key constituents
LYDIA MURRAY
Daily Staff Reporter
Sarah Palin leaves Detroit campaign
event early after a fight breaks out
Protesters throw beer, open can of pepper spray at pro-Trump gathering
TIM COHN
Daily Staff Reporter
Trump talks
emails and
employment
in Lansing
ELECTIONS
In Michigan rally,
nominee criticizes FBI
review
RIYAH BASHA
Daily Staff Reporter