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Michigan Senate: Democrat El-Sayed Leads by 3 Points - Demographics

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Michigan Statewide Poll of 1,099 Likely Voters
Conducted September 22, 2026 by Rasmussen Reports
  Total Gender Age Race Party Ideology Income Education Married Children at Home In the 2024 presidential election, who did you vote for, Kamala Harris, Donald Trump or some other candidate?
LV's Male Female 18-29 30-39 40-49 50-64 65+ White Black Hispanic Other Democrat Republican Ind/Other Very liberal Somewhat liberal Moderate Somewhat conservative Very conservative Not sure Under $30,000 $30,000 - $50,000 $50,000 - $100,000 $100,000 - $200,000 More than $200,000 Not sure Attended high school, but did not graduate High school graduate Attended college, but did not complete College graduate Graduate school Not sure Yes No Yes No Kamala Harris Donald Trump Some other candidate You did not vote Not sure
Thinking about the US Senate race in Michigan, if the election were held today, for whom would you vote? Democrat Abdul El-Sayed, Republican Mike Rogers, Libertarian Lydia Christensen, U.S. Taxpayers Party Tim Long, Green Party Douglas P. Marsh, or Natural Law Party Walter P. Kristy? Abdul El-Sayed (D) 47% 44% 49% 49% 48% 50% 42% 47% 44% 64% 49% 53% 86% 7% 46% 88% 85% 55% 18% 9% 43% 49% 43% 45% 51% 50% 51% 52% 43% 41% 53% 56% 23% 43% 49% 47% 46% 82% 12% 35% 70% 55%
Mike Rogers (R) 44% 50% 39% 36% 36% 41% 49% 48% 48% 19% 38% 40% 6% 87% 40% 10% 9% 31% 74% 89% 29% 37% 46% 49% 42% 44% 44% 25% 44% 49% 41% 39% 54% 49% 40% 39% 46% 7% 80% 21% 28% 5%
Lydia Christensen (L) 2% 1% 3% 3% 6% 2% 1% 1% 2% 3% 4% 4% 2% 2% 4% 1% 4% 4% 2% 0% 0% 3% 2% 2% 3% 3% 0% 8% 3% 4% 1% 0% 0% 2% 3% 4% 2% 3% 1% 9% 0% 0%
Tim Long (UST) 1% 1% 1% 1% 2% 0% 1% 0% 1% 0% 3% 1% 0% 1% 2% 1% 0% 1% 1% 0% 0% 1% 1% 1% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 1% 1% 1% 0% 1% 1% 2% 0% 0% 1% 0% 0% 0%
Douglas P. Marsh (Green) 0% 1% 0% 1% 1% 0% 1% 0% 0% 2% 1% 0% 1% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 3% 1% 1% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 1% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 1% 1% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%
Walter P. Kristy (NL) 0% 0% 0% 1% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 2% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%
Not sure 5% 4% 7% 9% 6% 6% 6% 3% 5% 10% 4% 1% 5% 4% 8% 1% 2% 8% 4% 2% 25% 9% 7% 3% 4% 3% 4% 16% 9% 5% 3% 3% 23% 4% 6% 6% 5% 6% 4% 35% 2% 40%
Survey Demographics
Total
LV's
Gender Male 46%
Female 54%
Total
LV's
Age 18-39 26%
40-64 44%
65+ 30%
Total
LV's
Race White 79%
African American 11%
Hispanic 6%
Another race 4%
Total
LV's
Party Republican 34%
Democratic 35%
Independent 31%
Total
LV's
Education College graduate 38%
No four-year degree 62%
Total
LV's
Ideology Conservative 36%
Moderate 36%
Liberal 23%
Not sure 5%
Total
LV's
2024 vote Donald Trump 50%
Kamala Harris 48%
Another candidate 2%