New Rasmussen Michigan Poll: Obama 56%(+5) McCain 40%(-4)

Election 2008: Michigan Presidential Election
Obama Posts 16-Point Lead in Michigan
Thursday, October 09, 2008
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Just days after John McCain scaled back his campaign in Michigan, a new Rasmussen Reports survey of voters there shows Barack Obama with a 16-point lead on his Republican opponent.

Obama leads McCain 56% to 40% in the survey taken Wednesday night. A month ago, the Democrat was ahead by seven points, 51% to 44%.

Michigan’s 17 Electoral College votes have gone to the Democratic candidates in the last four presidential elections.

Nationally, Obama has been gaining ground steadily in the Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll ever since the turmoil on Wall Street began dominating the news. Michigan has been particularly hard hit economically in recent months, with the Big Three automakers struggling to survive.
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Sixty percent (60%) of Michigan voters now rate the economy as the most important issue in the election, an increase of eight points from a month ago. National security is most important to just 13%.

Eighty-nine percent (89%) say economic conditions in Michigan are getting worse.

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/election_20082/2008_presidential_election/michigan/election_2008_michigan_presidential_election

With undecideds Obama could post NY/CA numbers for a democrat there.