Southfield (WWJ)  -- A new poll shows nearly 60 percent of Michigan voters believe Gov. Jennifer Granholm should remove Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick from office, as the Detroit City Council has requested her to do. 

The results are from a statewide survey of 600 likely presidential election voters conducted May 17-21 by Denno-Noor. It has a plus or minus 4 percent margin of error.

Of those surveyed, 57 percent said the governor should remove Kilpatrick. 23 percent said Granholm should not remove Kilpatrick. 18 percent said they didn't know or were unsure. The final two percent had some other response.

The survey question asked was:  Do you think Governor Jennifer Granholm should honor the request of the Detroit City Council and remove Kwame Kilpatrick from office?

As for the criminal charges,  58 percent of those surveyed said they believe it is either likely or very likely that the mayor could be convicted of a felony. Only 14 percent of the respondents said it was unlikely that Kilpatrick would be convicted. Five percent said they thought he would definitely not be convicted. 

The mayor and his former chief of staff Christine Beatty are facing perjury, conspiracy and misconduct charges.  The mayor has said he will not resign.  

Asking the governor to remove Kilpatrick was just one of three actions approved by City Council.  Council will discuss forfeiture proceedings with its special attorney Bill Goodman on Tuesday.  A third option is censure. 

"I think this just verifies what I've heard from the voters in my own district," Rep. David Law, of Commerce Township told MIRS. "People want to see Detroit turn the corner and they think the governor should take action to help bring that about, especially considering that the constitution grants her power to do so."

Law, who is vying for the Oakland County prosecutor post, has sponsored legislation urging Granholm to remove Kilpatrick. 

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The survey also showed Republican presidential nominee U.S. Sen. John McCain with a four-point lead over leading Democratic contender U.S. Sen. Barack Obama

According to the survey, 38 percent of likely voters said they'd vote for McCain if the election were held on the day they were asked the question, while 34 percent said they'd vote for Obama. The remaining 29 percent didn't know, weren't sure or gave some other response.