dpMichigan voters were asked in a recent poll how they felt about the U.S. Senate race.
A WDIV/Detroit News poll asked voters across the state about their opinions on various topics in the 2026 general election. A portion of these questions focused on the Michigan U.S. Senate race.
Favorability of U.S. Senate candidates
Here is the exact wording of the statement read over the phone: I am going to read you the names of several people you might have heard of. For each, please tell me if you have heard of that person. If you have heard of that person, please tell me if you have a favorable or unfavorable impression of that person.
Here are the results:
Mike Rogers
Name recognition: 96.8%
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Favorable: 32.2%
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Unfavorable: 49.2%
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No opinion: 15.4%
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Never heard of: 2.8%
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Don’t Know/ Refused: 0.5%
Abdul El-Sayed
Name recognition: 98.7%
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Favorable: 42.2%
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Unfavorable: 44.8%
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No opinion: 11.7%
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Never heard of: 1.1%
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Don’t Know/ Refused: 0.2%
El-Sayed leads race, poll finds
Here is the exact wording of a question asked over the phone: If the election for US Senate were held today and Abdul El-Sayed was the Democratic candidate and Mike Rogers was the Republican candidate, who would you vote for to be US Senator for Michigan?
Here are the results:
El-Sayed: 51.4%
Rogers: 45.1%
Undecided: 3.6%
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Definitely El-Sayed: 43.4%
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Probably El-Sayed: 4.9%
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Lean El-Sayed: 3.1%
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Definitely Rogers: 40.3%
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Probably Rogers: 4.2%
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Lean Rogers: 0.6%
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Other: 0.0%
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Don’t Know/Refused: 3.6%
Poll Methodology
WDIV and the Detroit News commissioned a survey of likely voters in Michigan’s November 2026 general election. The poll was conducted by The Glengariff Group, Inc.
It was a 600-sample, live-operator telephone survey that was conducted on Oct. 19 through Oct. 22, 2026.
The margin of error is +/-4.0%, and there is a 95% level of confidence.
Of the respondents, 15.0% of respondents were called via landline telephone, and 85.0% were called on a cellphone.
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