Poll: in Michigan, Clinton Leads Dems

Friday, Nov. 16, 2007 | 1:27 a.m.

THE RACE: The presidential race for Democrats, Republicans in Michigan.

THE NUMBERS - DEMOCRATS

Hillary Rodham Clinton, 49 percent

Barack Obama, 18 percent

John Edwards, 15 percent

Undecided, 12 percent

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THE NUMBERS - REPUBLICANS

Rudy Giuliani, 28 percent

Mitt Romney, 25 percent

Fred Thompson, 13 percent

John McCain, 12 percent

Mike Huckabee, 9 percent

Undecided, 10 percent

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OF INTEREST:

Clinton has widened an already strong lead over her Democratic rivals in Michigan, but the picture on the Republican side remains unclear. In August, a similar poll showed Clinton had 40 percent of the vote.

On the Republican side, Huckabee received 9 percent, compared with 3 percent in August. "Huckabee is a big player in determining who wins the Michigan primary," said pollster Ed Sarpolus with Lansing-based EPIC-MRA.

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The telephone polls were done by EPIC-MRA for The Detroit News and television stations WXYZ, WILX, WOOD and WJRT. They were conducted Nov. 7 through Tuesday. They each had a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 5 percentage points for both the 400 Democratic and Republican presidential primary voters surveyed.