NARRATIVE BUSTER: Latest New York Times Poll Shows Abdul Up Double Digits Over Mike Rogers

NYT: “Rogers did not receive the support of any respondent in the city of Detroit”

MICHIGAN – A new New York Times/Siena poll shows Dr. Abdul El-Sayed with a commanding 11-point lead over Mike Rogers heading into Election Day. With Michiganders set to cast their ballots tomorrow, the latest numbers spell more trouble for the embattled GOP nominee, who trails Abdul across every issue measured in the poll and is struggling with key voting blocs that have traditionally favored Republicans.

New York Times: Democrats Show Strength in Final Days of Race for the Senate, New Polls Find 

Dr. El-Sayed, who has relished political combat in a way few other Democrats do, has performed especially well with men, a group that historically tilts Republican. He is running roughly even with the group, an improvement from September… 

Dr. El-Sayed is ahead by a wide margin on every issue in the poll, including immigration, a traditional Republican strength.

The new poll shows Abdul with 93% support among Black voters while “Rogers did not receive the support of any respondent in the city of Detroit.”  Abdul is leading Rogers on nearly every issue by strong margins, including cost of living [+17], immigration [+8], and which candidate voters trust to do what’s best for Michiganders [+14]. 

The New York Times poll also found that Abdul is running ahead of Democratic Senate candidates in several other key battleground states.

The latest findings echo a string of recent polls showing Abdul solidifying his support among Democrats while reaching voters well beyond the party’s traditional base. This includes a recent survey from Michigan’s “gold standard” pollster, which found:

Eighty-eight percent of the likely Black voters surveyed support El-Sayed, with 4% for Rogers…

Among independents, El-Sayed leads Rogers by nearly 6 percentage points… El-Sayed is also performing better than Rogers among opposite party voters.

El-Sayed ahead of Rogers among poll respondents from the Upper Peninsula and northern Michigan by a margin of nearly six points — 51.5% to 45.6% ― in a region that’s voted for Trump for years.

###