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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

47% : J. Miles Coleman, an associate editor at Sabato's Crystal Ball, a nonpartisan political analysis newsletter run by the University of Virginia Center for Politics, said the candidates' focus on so-called "cultural war" issues "could end up playing in the Democrats' favor, especially if Republicans overplay their hand.""Whitmer's win in 2018 was built on the backs of higher-income, more college-educated parts of the state," Coleman said, adding that in the wake of the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade and a Michigan ballot initiative that would enshrine the right to abortion in the state Constitution, "that group is charged up this year."
44% : This support contrasts with the gubernatorial candidates: Every single GOP gubernatorial candidate has said they supported the Supreme Court's decision on Roe v. Wade and back banning abortion in Michigan, which currently remains legal in the state.
39% : A recent Data for Progress poll reported 80% of Michiganders said the government "should not have a say in personal matters like a person's sexual preference or gender identity."
35% : However, abortion doesn't appear to be an issue cutting in Republicans' favor in Michigan.
25% : While this kind of Trumpian language and extremism may play to candidates' advantage in the primary, these increasingly right-wing stances on issues like abortion and being anti-LGBTQ+ could seriously hurt them in November's general election against Whitmer, political experts said.

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