Fewer than half of state voters want lawmakers to repeal Michigan’s right-to-work law, according to two recent polls. One poll was commissioned by the free-market Mackinac Center for Public Policy, and the other by the liberal activist group Progress Michigan.
The poll from Progress Michigan, done by Democratic polling firm Public Policy Polling, asked 763 Michigan voters whether they support, oppose or aren’t sure about a series of policy issues the Legislature could tackle in 2023.
On almost every issue – from abortion to climate change to subsidies for farmers of color – the poll showed majority support for the left-wing position. That should raise some questions about the sample and how the poll was administered.
But on right-to-work issue, only 42% supported repealing the state law. Some 30% “strongly support” repealing it, and 12% “somewhat support” doing so. This compares to 26% who would keep the law and 31% who say they are not sure. Of the 12 policy issues the liberal organization asked about in its poll, repealing Michigan’s right-to-work laws was the least popular, and by a significant margin.
This comes even with the polling sample being skewed in at least one important way. According to the poll’s demographic section, 40% of those being polled were in a household with a current or former union member. In Michigan, only 13.3% of workers are members of a labor union, and in the Mackinac Center poll, 18% of respondents said they were in a union household.
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