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POLL OVERVIEW:<br />
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The talk in Lansing is that the legislature may try to pass Right-To-Work legislation in the lame duck session that will be concluding in December.<br />
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The potential introduction and passage of&nbsp; a Right-To-Work bill has been looming in the legislature with passage in the Michigan House possible but not likely in the Senate. Additionally no one knows for sure what Governor Snyder would do with the bill if it reached his desk.<br />
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The people spoke on Proposal 2 against the power grab by the unions to carve special interests for them into the constitution. The amendment would have given public-sector unions a potent tool to challenge any law&mdash;past, present, or future&mdash;limiting their benefits and powers. It would also have permanently barred Michigan from becoming a right-to-work state where payment of dues is no longer required as a condition of employment in unionized companies.<br />
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The unions were using Michigan as a test case for to taking back existing right-to-work states that allow legislative action through ballot referendums.<br />
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Some studies have found that manufacturing employment as a percentage of county population increased by a third in right-to-work counties compared to bordering non-right-to-work ones.<br />
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It is also beleived that high labor costs and an inflexible workforce are the biggest obstacle deterring manufacturers from setting up shop in Michigan, depressing employment. <br />
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NEW POLL QUESTION:<br />
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Do you believe the Michigan Legislature should pass Right-To-Work legislation?<br />
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Yes<br />
No<br />
Undecided<br />
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<a href="http://www.clinton-countygop.org/content/do-you-believe-michigan-legislature-should-pass-right-work-legislation">http://www.clinton-countygop.org/content/do-you-believe-michigan-legislature-should-pass-right-work-legislation</a><br />
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PREVIOUS POLL QUESTION:<br />
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Do you believe that incumbent candidates should not be contested in primary elections?<br />
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Yes . . . . . . . . 51%<br />
No . . . . . . . . . 48%<br />
Undecided . . . . .2% <br />
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THERE WERE 4 COMMENTS ON THIS POLL QUESTION<br />
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Comment #1<br />
Extreme<br />
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Of course our republican candidates should be right to life. RTL is NOT extreme. But the extreme candidates lose. We replaced good US Senators with poor candidates.<br />
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COMMENT #2<br />
Incumbents should be<br />
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Incumbents should be challenged if they are not voting correctly. It has nothing to with moral failings. Way to go GOP abandon your pro-life candidates and throw them under the bus. Mitt Romney and his ilk got what they deserve.<br />
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COMMENT #3<br />
Giving Up Seats Helps the Dems<br />
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Senator Lugar was replaced by Richard Mourdock. The idiot that coined the phrase &quot;legitimate rape&quot;. How did that work out? Now a long time republican seat is held by the Demoncrats. We Republicans need to stop shooting ourselves in the foot. Extreme fools cannot win.<br />
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COMMENT #4<br />
Incumbents should be unchallenged unless....<br />
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Only if there is a significant moral failing that makes them unsuitable to hold office or they make a significant defection from a prevoiusly established position on a major issue.<br />
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