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There’s a lot of bad news for Democrats in the most recent Detroit News/WDIV poll. Rick Snyder’s lead over Virg Bernero continues to hover above 20 percentage points. Snyder even holds a slight edge among union voters.

Moving down the ballot, Ruth Johnson and Bill Schuette currently hold commanding leads over their Democratic opponents in the Secretary of State and Attorney General contests. That’s a worst-case scenario for Dems, considering Jocelyn Benson and David Leyton were pre-nominated in the spring so they could have a head start campaigning and fundraising. Apparently voters didn’t really care.

Of course, a lot can change between now and Election Day. Three weeks before the primary, Andy Dillon led Bernero (even among union members) and look how that turned out. If only general election voters cared about abortion like Democratic primary voters! And this race, unlike that primary fight, lacks a massive bloc of undecided voters unwilling to commit until the 11th hour.

Look, maybe the Democrats have kept their powder dry. Maybe they’ll win hearts and minds by the gross as the campaign moves toward the finish line. However, point of fact, their message hasn’t exactly struck a cord with voters to date.

If they stick to the same strategy: "'Virg was down by a similar margin in the primary and won in a landslide," [Bernero spokesman] Cullen Schwarz said. "Voters are just beginning to learn more about Snyder's real record of outsourcing jobs and comparing that to Virg's record of creating jobs, reforming government and balancing budgets in Lansing.'"

If they bleat out that tired polls don’t vote, people do talking point: "Schwarz said voters who favor Snyder have plenty of time to change their minds."

And if those trend lines above don’t start moving in a different direction, Team Bernero is cooked.