Battle Creek Chamber’s Mock Election Shows Wins For Republicans Statewide, Losses Locally

Every major election, the Battle Creek Chamber of Commerce conducts a mock election to give an idea of how local and state races might go.

Looking at the results, it seems like Republicans will have a better time of it on the statewide races than the local ones. The survey was conducted online, so it may not be a "scientific" reflection of the actual electorate in these races.

Here are the results for some of the races in the mock election:

Governor and Lt. Governor (117 respondents)

• Republican - Bill Schuette and Lisa Posthumus Lyons - 58 (winner)
• Democrat - Gretchen Whitmer and Garlin Gilchrist II - 56
• Libertarian - Bill Gelineau and Angelique Chaiser Thomas - 2
• Green - Jennifer V. Kurland and Charin H. Davenport - 1

Secretary of State (112 respondents)

• Republican - Mary Treder Lang - 59 (winner)
• Democrat - Jocelyn Benson - 51
• Libertarian - Gregory Scott Stempfle - 2

Attorney General (114 respondents)

• Republican - Tom Leonard - 56 (winner)
• Democrat - Dana Nessel - 52
• Libertarian - Lisa Lane Gioia - 5
• Independent - Chris Graveline - 1

US Senator (111 respondents)

• Republican - John James - 56 (winner)
• Democrat - Debbie Stabenow - 52
• U.S. Taxpayers - George E. Huffman, III - 1
• Green - Marcia Squier - 2

US House, 3rd District (104 respondents)

• Republican - Justin Amash - 46
• Democrat - Cathy Albro - 56 (winner)
• U.S. Taxpayers - Ted Gerrard - 2

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State Senator, 19th District (114 respondents)

• Republican - John Bizon - 63 (winner)
• Democrat - Jason Joble - 49
• Libertarian - Joseph P. Gillotte - 2

State House Representative, 62nd District (111 respondents)

• Republican - Dave Morgan - 55
• Democrat - Jim Haadsma - 56 (winner)

State House Representative, 63rd District (93 respondents)

• Republican - Matt Hall - 35
• Democrat - Jennifer Aniano - 53 (winner)
• Libertarian - Ronald Hawkins - 2
• Green - John Anthony La Pietra - 3

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Proposal 1 - Legalizing Recreational Marijuana (98 respondents)

• YES - 57 (winner)
• NO - 41

Proposal 2 - Anti-Gerrymandering Overhaul (100 respondents)

• YES - 65 (winner)
• NO - 35

Proposal 3 - Eases Access to Voting (96 respondents)

• YES - 55 (winner)
• NO - 41

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To see the complete results, including races for County, Township, and Village races, follow this link to visit the Battle Creek Chamber's Facebook page. 

The actual election takes place November 6.