'We ask America' Poll: Mitt up by 2 in Michigan & Obama up by 1 in Iowa

[WI_DEM]

In Iowa: President Obama is holding a small lead:

Poll type:: Automated Date: 6/18/2012 - Participants: 1,086 Likely Voters - Margin of Error: ± 3%
Barack Obama Mitt Romney Undecided
ALL VOTERS 45% 44% 11%
Female 48% 40% 12%
Male 42% 48% 10%

While in Michigan, our poll confirms what others are seeing: a very close race with Romney ahead by less than the margin of error:

Poll type:: Automated Date: 6/18/2012 - Participants: 1,010 Likely Voters - Margin of Error: ± 3.1%
Barack Obama Mitt Romney Undecided
ALL VOTERS 43% 45% 12%
Female 45% 42% 13%
Male 41% 48% 11%


http://weaskamerica.com/2012/06/20/ia-mi/

(I don't believe automated polls incude cell phones).

[dennis4868]

1. I don't get it!

The man who literally saved the auto industry in Michigan is behind the guy who said "let them go bankrupt?" THIS MAKES NO SENSE TO ME.

[Schema Thing]

3. put me down in the "what the HOLY fuck is wrong with people in Michigan" column too.

[hrmjustin]

7. me too. n/t

[emulatorloo]

4. People hang up on these automated phone surveys.

[MightyOkie]

6. Don't buy into this poll.

Mitt may make it close in MI, but leading?

[jenmito]

2. It's a Repub. pro-business pollster. I read about it about a week ago. I'll look for the link. n/t

[jenmito]

5. It is an anti-union, pro-business pollster:

UPDATE: So I did some research on the identity of We Ask America. Its website only discloses that it is a division of "Xpress Professional Services, Inc." But it does not tell the reader what exactly that means, which turns out to be quite significant.

Xpress Professional Services, Inc. is a subsidiary of the Illinois Manufacturer's Association, which is an anti-union, anti-tax, and anti-Health Care Reform industry advocacy organization.

Its CEO is Greg Baise, who was a 1990 Republican candidate for Treasurer, losing to Pat Quinn by 11%. He is also Treasurer of the Economic Freedom Alliance, which has targeted Democrat Bill Foster with advertising labeling him as a "job killer" for his support of card check legislation.

The bottom line is that this is a partisan Republican pollster and an arm of the pro-business Illinois Manufacturer's Association. There is nothing wrong with being a Republican pollster or being an arm of the Illinois Manufacturer's Association. However, there is something wrong with the half-ass disclosure on the website of an affiliation with "Xpress Professional Services, Inc.," which could be anything, instead of a full disclosure of the direct link to the Illinois Manufacturer's Association and its Republican principals.

http://www.swingstateproject.com/diary/6672/on-those-we-ask-america-illinois-polls

[WI_DEM]

8. Good to know, thanks.