Senator Gary Peters has increased his lead over Republican challenger John James heading into the final stretch of the 2020 election, a new WDIV/Detroit News poll shows. Gary Peters now leads John James by a margin of 48.4%-38.8%, with 8.7% of voters remaining undecided. Voters who are undecided in the US Senate race are splitting their vote equally in the Presidential race. By a margin of 47.2% Democratic to 40.1% Republican, Michigan voters prefer the Democratic Party to control the U.S. Senate. John James name identification is breaking 33.3% favorable to 40.4% unfavorable.

In early September, Biden lead senior voters by only 7.5% -- that lead has exploded to a 32%-point lead. Trump leads with men, Biden leads with womenDonald Trump leads Joe Biden among men by a margin of 50.9%-40.1%, driven exclusively by his support among white men without a college education. But Joe Biden holds a lead of 57.7%-33.2% among Michigan women – a staggering 24.5% Biden lead among women. Biden leads Metro Detroit, suburbsJoe Biden’s lead is driven by Metro Detroit voters where he leads 56.8%-32.3% -- a 24.5% lead for Biden. Biden leads in early voting, Trump leads with in-person voters34.0% of Michigan voters have already cast their ballot as of October 25.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Watch live coverage of the final presidential debate of the 2020 election between President Donald Trump and Democratic nominee Joe Biden. Thursday’s debate, starting at 9 p.m. EDT, from Nashville, Tennessee, marks the candidates' second and final face-to-face meeting, with Election Day less than two weeks away. Welker will be the first Black woman to serve as the moderator of a presidential debate since Carole Simpson in 1992. Watch the debate in the video player below and follow the live fact-check with Local 4′s Trust Index team below the video player. More: Viewers' Guide: After chaotic debate, Trump, Biden try againWatch live debate coverage below:Follow live fact-checking during the debate below (or click here):

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Watch live coverage of the final presidential debate of the 2020 election between President Donald Trump and Democratic nominee Joe Biden. Thursday’s debate, starting at 9 p.m. EDT, from Nashville, Tennessee, marks the candidates' second and final face-to-face meeting, with Election Day less than two weeks away. Welker will be the first Black woman to serve as the moderator of a presidential debate since Carole Simpson in 1992. Watch the debate in the video player below and follow the live fact-check with Local 4′s Trust Index team below the video player. More: Viewers' Guide: After chaotic debate, Trump, Biden try againWatch live debate coverage below:Follow live fact-checking during the debate below:

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Watch live coverage of the final presidential debate of the 2020 election between President Donald Trump and Democratic nominee Joe Biden. Thursday’s debate, starting at 9 p.m. EDT, from Nashville, Tennessee, marks the candidates' second and final face-to-face meeting, with Election Day less than two weeks away. The debate will be moderated by NBC News White House correspondent Kristen Welker. Welker will be the first Black woman to serve as the moderator of a presidential debate since Carole Simpson in 1992. More: Viewers' Guide: After chaotic debate, Trump, Biden try againWatch live debate coverage below:Follow live fact-checking during the debate below:

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Watch live coverage of the final presidential debate of the 2020 election between President Donald Trump and Democratic nominee Joe Biden. Thursday’s debate, starting at 9 p.m. EDT, from Nashville, Tennessee, marks the candidates' second and final face-to-face meeting, with Election Day less than two weeks away. The debate will be moderated by NBC News White House correspondent Kristen Welker. Welker will be the first Black woman to serve as the moderator of a presidential debate since Carole Simpson in 1992. More: Viewers' Guide: After chaotic debate, Trump, Biden try againWatch live debate coverage below:Follow live fact-checking during the debate below:

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Watch live coverage of the final presidential debate of the 2020 election between President Donald Trump and Democratic nominee Joe Biden. Thursday’s debate, starting at 9 p.m. EDT, from Nashville, Tennessee, marks the candidates' second and final face-to-face meeting, with Election Day less than two weeks away. The debate will be moderated by NBC News White House correspondent Kristen Welker. Welker will be the first Black woman to serve as the moderator of a presidential debate since Carole Simpson in 1992. More: Viewers' Guide: After chaotic debate, Trump, Biden try againWatch live debate coverage below:Follow live fact-checking during the debate below:

SALT LAKE CITY – Watch the 2020 vice presidential debate livestream and see Vice President Mike Pence and Senator Kamala Harris face off live. The debate Wednesday night in Salt Lake City is the most highly anticipated vice presidential debate in recent memory. Watch the debate below and follow the live fact-check with Grant Hermes and the Local 4′s Trust Index team below the video player. We’ll start fact-checking when the debate starts. Watch Live Coverage below starting at 8 p.m. (debate starts at 9 p.m.)Follow live fact-checking from Local 4′s Trust Index team below (or click here):

SALT LAKE CITY – Watch the 2020 vice presidential debate livestream and see Vice President Mike Pence and Senator Kamala Harris face off live. The debate Wednesday night in Salt Lake City is the most highly anticipated vice presidential debate in recent memory. Watch the debate below and follow the live fact-check with Grant Hermes and the Local 4′s Trust Index team below the video player. We’ll start fact-checking when the debate starts. Watch Live Coverage below starting at 8 p.m. (debate starts at 9 p.m.)Follow live fact-checking from Local 4′s Trust Index team below (or click here):

DETROIT – You’ve no doubt seen the plexiglass dividers being used to protect people in different public settings. Now they have been installed on the stage at Wednesday’s 2020 Vice Presidential Debate to shield the participants from each other, but are they effective? Plexiglass shields and partial walls sound like a good idea -- a solid barrier between two people must do something to protect them from each other -- but many of the extreme measures we’re taking in these days of COVID-19 aren’t necessarily rooted in science and often become hygiene theater. In many ways it’s a similar circumstance to the question over the effectiveness of face shields. Recent analysis has shown while they do block large droplets -- aerosols can travel around them.

SALT LAKE CITY – Watch the 2020 vice presidential debate livestream and see Vice President Mike Pence and Senator Kamala Harris face off live. The debate Wednesday night in Salt Lake City is the most highly anticipated vice presidential debate in recent memory. It will unfold while President Donald Trump recovers at the White House after testing positive last week for the coronavirus and spending several days in the hospital, a serious setback for his campaign that adds pressure on Pence to defend the administration’s handling of the pandemic. Watch Live Coverage below starting at 8 p.m. (debate starts at 9 p.m.)Follow live fact-checking from Local 4′s Trust Index team below:

SALT LAKE CITY – Watch the 2020 vice presidential debate livestream and see Vice President Mike Pence and Senator Kamala Harris face off live. The debate Wednesday night in Salt Lake City is the most highly anticipated vice presidential debate in recent memory. It will unfold while President Donald Trump recovers at the White House after testing positive last week for the coronavirus and spending several days in the hospital, a serious setback for his campaign that adds pressure on Pence to defend the administration’s handling of the pandemic. Watch Live Coverage below starting at 8 p.m. (debate starts at 9 p.m.)Follow live fact-checking from Local 4′s Trust Index team below:

SALT LAKE CITY – Watch the 2020 vice presidential debate livestream and see Vice President Mike Pence and Senator Kamala Harris face off live. The debate Wednesday night in Salt Lake City is the most highly anticipated vice presidential debate in recent memory. It will unfold while President Donald Trump recovers at the White House after testing positive last week for the coronavirus and spending several days in the hospital, a serious setback for his campaign that adds pressure on Pence to defend the administration’s handling of the pandemic. Watch Live Coverage below starting at 8 p.m. (debate starts at 9 p.m.)Follow live fact-checking from Local 4′s Trust Index team below:

DETROIT – How are Michigan voters feeling on important races and issues heading into the final stretch of the 2020 election? Older voters now support Biden over Trump by a margin of 59.1%-29.2% -- a nearly 30-point lead for Joe Biden. More: Biden bolsters lead over Trump in Michigan after first debatePeters boosts lead over James in Senate raceMichigan U.S. 57.7% of Michigan voters say the Supreme Court should leave the Affordable Care Act in place. Only 28.1% of Michigan voters believe the Affordable Care Act should be overturned and ruled unconstitutional.

Majority oppose overturning Roe v. WadeMichigan voters strongly oppose overturning Roe v. Wade. 54.4% of Michigan voters STRONGLY OPPOSE overturning Roe v. Wade while only 18.5% STRONGLY SUPPORT overturning the decision. Catholic voters oppose overturning Roe v. Wade by a margin of 30.1% support/56.3% oppose. 49.2% of Catholic voters STRONGLY OPPOSE overturning Roe v. Wade. 34.8% of evangelical voters STRONGLY SUPPORT overturning the decision while 37.8% STRONGLY OPPOSE overturning the decision.

DETROIT – Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden has increased his lead over President Donald Trump in Michigan following the first debate, according to a new WDIV/Detroit News poll. Biden boosts lead over TrumpFollowing the first debate of the 2020 election, Joe Biden has taken his largest lead of the Presidential race in Michigan, leading Donald Trump 48.0%- 39.2% -- a lead of 8.8%. Older voters now support Biden over Trump by a margin of 59.1%-29.2% -- a nearly 30-point lead for Joe Biden. Joe Biden has cut that lead in half with Trump now leading white voters by 6.2%Joe Biden holds a 24-point lead in Southeast Michigan leading Donald Trump 56.7%-32.2%. In out-state portions of Michigan, Donald Trump holds a lead of 46.4%-39.2% -- a lead of 7.2%.

ANN ARBOR, Mich. The University of Michigan will no longer host one of the three presidential debates planned for this fall ahead of the 2020 General Election. The Commission on Presidential Debates announced June 23 that the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County in Miami, Florida will host the Oct. 15 debate that had been planned for Crisler Center on U-Ms athletics campus. The CPD said in a release that the University has concluded that it is not feasible to host the presidential debate as planned.It is with great disappointment that I must ask for the University of Michigan to be released from its agreement with the Commission on Presidential Debates to host the Presidential Debate on Oct. 15, 2020, said U-M President Mark Schlissel. The other presidential debates will take place Sept 29 at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana, and Oct. 22 at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee. The University of Utah in Salt Lake City will host a vice presidential debate Oct. 7.