McMorrow Campaign Pressured MIRS to Kill 6% Michigan Senate Poll
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Updated · POLITICO · Jun 17
McMorrow Campaign Pressured MIRS to Kill 6% Michigan Senate Poll
2 articles · Updated · POLITICO · Jun 17
Summary
Mitchell Research said the McMorrow campaign pushed MIRS not to publish a Michigan Senate poll that showed her at 6%, which would mark a new low and reinforce her third-place standing.
MIRS editor Kyle Melinn confirmed the campaign raised objections and said he shelved the survey after consulting other pollsters, concluding he was not comfortable with the results.
McMorrow's campaign denied running a pressure campaign, arguing the poll was fundamentally flawed because an open SurveyMonkey link sent by text could be shared or used multiple times and produced anomalies in Black, Detroit-area and Oakland County responses.
Pollster Steve Mitchell acknowledged errors in the memo but defended both the methodology and the findings, saying the survey was properly weighted and comparable to approaches used elsewhere.
The dispute lands in a high-stakes Democratic primary for Michigan's open Senate seat, where recent polling has shown Abdul El-Sayed gaining on McMorrow and Haley Stevens amid millions of dollars in outside spending.