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The polls keep suggesting a very tight race. Who really knows in the end?
The final Detroit Free Press poll of likely Michigan voters shows Vice President Kamala Harris with a 3-percentage-point lead over former President Donald Trump -- 48 percent to 45 percent.
The Harris lead is fueled by growing support among women and Black voters but it's still within the survey's plus or minus 4-point margin of error, the Freep reports.
The poll, done by EPIC-MRA of Lansing for the Free Press and its media partners. It also shows Green Party candidate Jill Stein and Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the Natural Law Party each got 3 percent of support. Kennedy has dropped out of the race and endorsed Trump, but he remains on the Michigan ballot despite attempts to remove his name.
Independent Cornel West got 1 percent, the Freep reports.
In 2016, here were the results of third party candidates:
THIRD PARTY CANDIDATES
Gary Johnson (Libertarian): 172,136 (3.6%)
Jill Stein (Green): 51,463 (1.1%)
Others (Independent) 33,931 (0.7%)
Darrell Castle (U.S. Taxpayers) 16,139 (0.3%)
Emidio Soltysik (Natural Law): 2,209
In 2020, here are the results
THIRD PARTY CANDIDATES
Jo Jorgensen (Libertarian): 60,381 (1.1%)
Howie Hawkins (Green): 13,718 (0.2%)
Don Blankenship (Constitution) 7,235 (0.1%)
Rocky De La Fuente (Other): 2,986 (0.1%)
Third party voters accounted for 250,902 votes in 2016, compared to 85,410 in 2020.
