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March 2022 Edition
What’s Inside
Respondents Say: Seat Biden Supreme Court Nominee
Common Sense Gun Safety Laws See Support
Let MI Kids Learn Flops with Voters After Details
MI Priorities: Economy, Voting Rights, Infrastructure, and Investing in K-12
Michiganders Weigh in on Contraceptives and LGBTQ+ Rights
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In this issue
Biden’s Supreme Court Nominee Sees Majority Support 3
Welcome to
The Senate should confirm President Biden’s Supreme Court
nominee according to the majority of respondents.
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Majority Support Common Sense Gun Safety Laws 4
Safe storage and extreme risk protection order laws see
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After Learning Details, Majority are Unlikely to Support Let MI Kids Learn 5
While many voters are unsure about their support for the
Progress Michigan and Public Republican-led ballot initiative, after learning more, the
Policy Polling. majority are less likely to support it.
Research in this newsletter Respondents’ Top Issues: Economy, Voting Rights, Infrastructure, K-12, NOT Tax Cuts 6
comes from a survey When given a list of issues to choose from, the majority
of respondents say the economy, voting rights, and
conducted between March infrastructure are what they care about the most. They also
3-4, 2022. believe the legislature should prioritize investing in K-12
education and infrastructure over tax cuts.
Majority Support Contraceptive Access and LGBTQ+ Rights 7
The majority of respondents do not believe the state should
be able to limit or ban access to contraceptives and also
believe state law should prohibit discrimination based on
sexual orientation and gender identity.
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Michiganders Say Confirm
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson President Biden’s Supreme Court Justice nominee Judge Ketanji Brown
Jackson is the daughter of public school teachers, a former clerk for Justice
The majority of respondents believe the Breyer, and has been confirmed by the Senate on a bipartisan basis three
Senate should confirm President Biden’s times for federal appointments. Do you strongly support, somewhat support,
nominee to replace Justice Breyer on somewhat oppose, or strongly oppose the Senate confirming her to replace
the Supreme Court. Justice Breyer on the Supreme Court?
Strongly support 42%
4 Michiganders Support Common
Sense Gun Safety Laws
Somewhat support
Somewhat oppose
8%
12%
18%
5
Majority Unclear on Let MI Strongly oppose
Kids Learn, But Less Likely to
Support after Learning More
Not sure 20%
6
Economy, Voting Rights,
Infrastructure, K-12 Education
Matter Most to Voters
7
Majority Disagree with
GOP AG Candidates on
Access to Contraceptives
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3 Michiganders Say Confirm
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson
When thinking about the problem of gun violence, do you strongly support,
somewhat support, somewhat oppose, or strongly oppose legislation that
would hold gun owners responsible if their firearm isn’t safely stored and is
used in the commission of a crime or accident involving a minor?
Strongly support 52%
Somewhat support 18%
Somewhat oppose 7%
Strongly oppose 14%
Michiganders Support Common Not sure 8%
Sense Gun Safety Laws
When thinking about how to address the Do you strongly support, somewhat support, somewhat oppose, or strongly
oppose legislation that would allow a judge to issue an extreme risk
problem of gun violence, the majority protection order to allow law enforcement to take temporary possession of
of Michiganders strongly or somewhat an individual’s firearms?
support safe storage and extreme risk
protection order laws. Strongly support 34%
Somewhat support 18%
5
Majority Unclear on Let MI Somewhat oppose 11%
Kids Learn, But Less Likely to
Support after Learning More Strongly oppose 25%
Not sure 11%
6
Economy, Voting Rights,
Infrastructure, K-12 Education
Matter Most to Voters
7
Majority Disagree with
GOP AG Candidates on
Access to Contraceptives
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3 Michiganders Say Confirm
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson
4 Michiganders Support Common
Sense Gun Safety Laws
Based on what you know, do you support or oppose the Let MI Kids Learn
ballot initiative?
Support 24%
Oppose 20%
Not sure 56%
Majority Unclear on Let MI The Let MI Kids Learn ballot initiative will create a voucher system in Michigan,
taking taxpayer dollars away from public schools and giving them to private
Kids Learn, But Less Likely to
schools. Does hearing this make you more likely or less likely to support the Let
Support after Learning More MI Kids Learn ballot initiative or adoes it not make a difference?
Many voters still seem unsure what the More likely 26%
Republican-led ballot initiative will
do, but after learning more a strong Less likely 50%
majority are less likely to support it. It doesn’t make a difference 12%
Not sure 12%
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Economy, Voting Rights,
Infrastructure, K-12 Education
Matter Most to Voters
7
Majority Disagree with
GOP AG Candidates on
Access to Contraceptives
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3 Michiganders Say Confirm
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson
Of the following issues, which one would you say is most important to you
4 Michiganders Support Common personally: strengthening the economy, increasing the minimum wage,
Sense Gun Safety Laws improving Michigan’s infrastructure, ensuring access to safe abortions, protecting
voting rights, investing in K-12 education, reforming the criminal justice system,
reducing crime, immigration, or something else?
5
Majority Unclear on Let MI Strengthening Increasing the Improving Michigan’s Ensuring access
Kids Learn, But Less Likely to the economy minimum wage infrastructure to safe abortions
Support after Learning More
31% 6% 14% 5%
Protecting voting Investing in K-12 Reforming the criminal Reducing
rights education justice system crime
20% 5% 2% 5%
Immigration Something else/
not sure
5% 8%
When thinking about what Michigan lawmakers should prioritize this year,
Economy, Voting Rights, which of the following statements comes closer to your view: lawmakers should
Infrastructure, K-12 Education prioritize cutting taxes, including on the rich and wealthy corporations, or,
Matter Most to Voters lawmakers should prioritize allocating federal relief money and investing in K-12
education and Michigan’s infrastructure?
When asked to rate their most important Believe lawmakers Believe lawmakers should
and second most important issues, should prioritize cutting prioritize allocating federal
Michigan voters rank the economy, taxes, including on relief money and investing Not sure
voting rights, and infrastructure at the rich and wealthy in K-12 education and
corporations Michigan’s infrastructure
the top of their lists. The majority also
believe lawmakers should prioritize 24% 58% 17%
investing federal relief funds in K-12
education and infrastructure before
looking to cut taxes.
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Majority Disagree with
GOP AG Candidates on
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Do you believe states should be able to limit or ban access to
3 Michiganders Say Confirm contraceptives such as birth control and condoms, or not?
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson Believe states should be
able to limit or ban access 9%
to contraceptives
4 Michiganders Support Common
Sense Gun Safety Laws Do not believe states should
be able to limit or ban 77%
access to contraceptives
5
Majority Unclear on Let MI
Kids Learn, But Less Likely to Not sure 14%
Support after Learning More
All three Republican candidates for Attorney General have said they oppose
6
Economy, Voting Rights,
Infrastructure, K-12 Education a landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling that protects access to contraceptives.
Does hearing this make you more likely or less likely to support the Republican
Matter Most to Voters
candidates for Attorney General, or does it not make a difference?
More likely 16%
Less likely 43%
It doesn’t make a difference 33%
Not sure 8%
Do you believe state law should prohibit discrimination based on sexual
orientation and gender identity in employment, housing, education, public
Majority Disagree with GOP accommodations, and public services, or not?
Attorney General Candidates Believe state law should prohibit
on Access to Contraceptives discrimination based on sexual 60%
orientation and gender identity
The majority of respondents disagree
with GOP attorney general candidates Do not believe state law
who supported overturning a should prohibit discrimination
based on sexual orientation 20%
federal ruling protecting access to
and gender identity
contraceptives and agree with AG Dana
Nessel that all Michiganders should Not sure 19%
be protected from discrimination
regardless of sexual orientation and
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gender identity.
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About Lake Effect
Presented by Progress Michigan, Lake Effect is a monthly research newsletter that follows public
opinion in Michigan. Each month, Public Policy Polling surveys registered voters across Michigan
about their opinions on important issues and public figures in the state. These newsletters break
down the results and provide readers with key takeaways and analysis from the data.
About This Study
PPP interviewed 772 Michigan voters by phone and text March 3 -4, 2022 on behalf of Progress
Michigan. The margin of error is +/- 3.5%.
For Press Inquiries:
Sam Inglot, Deputy Director of Progress Michigan
sam@progressmichigan.org
For results of additional questions asked in this sur vey, click here.
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