LANSING – Michigan voters solidly favor raising the state’s minimum wage from $7.40 an hour to $10 an hour by 2016, according to a poll released Thursday.
The survey, commissioned by Inside Michigan Politics, showed 58 percent favoring the increase with 38 percent against. The Republican consulting firm Marketing Resource Group and polling firm Mitchell Research and Communications conducted the survey among 600 likely voters during October 6-10.
The survey was done via live telephone interviews and has an error margin of plus or minus 4 percentage points.
The poll also showed Michigan voters pessimistic about the nation and split on how Michigan is doing. Seventy-eight percent said the nation is on the wrong track compared to 17 percent who said it is on the right track.
On Michigan, 43 percent said the state is on the right track compared to 47 percent who said it is not.
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