Benson, Nessel up big in new poll as GOP challengers struggle with name recognition

Dave Boucher
Detroit Free Press
9/23/2022

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A new poll commissioned by the Free Press and its media partners and conducted by Lansing-based company EPIC-MRA found Benson leads Karamo by 51-37 in the poll, and Nessel leads DePerno by a 48-39 margin. Both Democrats increased their leads, based on the findings of an August poll by the same company. Perhaps more concerning for both Republicans: Despite absentee ballots going out next week, and the general election less than 50 days from now, more than 3 out of 4 people polled didn't recognize DePerno's or Karamo's names.

The poll of 600 likely voters has a margin of error of plus or minus 4 percentage points. It was conducted between Sept. 15 and Sept. 19 by live interviewers, with roughly 70% of respondents reached on their cellphones.

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[Anna Heaton, former press secretary to ex-governor Rick Snyder] also said that in theory, there's a world where not knowing too much about DePerno and Karamo may actually help their campaigns.

"These are two candidates where all press is not good press. Especially when it comes to independent and swing voters, knowing less about their more problematic statements and alleged criminal actions might actually earn them a vote for simply having an R next to their name," Heaton said.

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Karamo is a QAnon nut job, election-denier, and is more focused on criminalizing abortion than in the Secretary of State's job and DePerno is a criminal vying for the top law enforcement job in the state. Well done, MIGQP. Very well done.