Recently, Michigan has been through a Gubernatorial campaign, an election, a lame duck legislative session and an inauguration. And Governor Snyder delivers his annual State of the State address this evening. Amid all this political activity, what do Michiganians think of their top elected officials?Three or four times a year, Michigan State University’s Institute for Public Policy and Social Research aims to answer that question. Its State of the State Survey takes Michigan’s political pulse, and, not for the first time, Current State has the honors today of announcing the latest results.
The most recent State of the State Survey connected with a thousand Michigan residents by phone between last September and November. It mainly measured support for the Governor, the President and attitudes about the economy.
Current State talks with MSU Economics Professor Charley Ballard, the State of the State’s Survey Director.