Suffolk shows Markey up 17 in MA Senate race
Suffolk has been remarkably accurate with races in MA these last cycles (contrarily to his polling in other states), so we can only hope they are correct this time again.
http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2013/05/08/new-poll-puts-markey-points-over-gomez-senate-race/yfHNGcTSIqsYEGjUBPq5CI/story.html
US Representative Edward J. Markey heads into the general election with a significant advantage over Republican nominee Gabriel E. Gomez in their Senate race, according to a poll released Wednesday that shows the Malden Democrat with a 17-point lead.
It is still very early on in this race, but this is good news of you consider that the worst poll shows Markey up by 4 and the best by 17. It also seems to show that the beating Gomez is taking on the People Pledge is taking a toll.
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http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/05/09/1207894/-MA-Sen-Suffolk-University-Poll-Has-Ed-Markey-D-Leading-Gabriel-Gomez-R-By-17-Points
A polling organization that accurately forecast the outcome of the last two Massachusetts Senate races and the 2010 governor’s contest says its first survey of next month’s special Senate election shows U.S. Rep. Edward Markey with a 17-point lead over Republican Gabriel Gomez.
The new Suffolk University/7NEWS poll results show a significant 32 percent of likely voters are undecided about Gomez, a Cohasset Republican running for statewide office for the first time, a reality that will make his ability to define himself, or be defined by his opponents, critical in the coming weeks.
Likely voters indicated the economy is the top issue in the campaign, a stance Gomez agrees with, but 71 percent of those surveyed said an agreement between the candidates to limit outside campaign spending is an important campaign issue. Markey has repeatedly challenged Gomez to take the so-called People’s Pledge, but Gomez has refused and pointed at special interest money accepted by Markey over the years.
Among 500 likely voters surveyed, Markey was the preference of 52 percent, Gomez 38 percent and 11 percent were undecided. A third candidate, Richard Heos, was chosen by 1 percent. The poll was conducted May 4 - May 7 and carries a margin of error of 4.4 percent. Among the respondents, 266 were unenrolled, 178 were Democrats and 54 were Republicans, mirroring the state’s enrollment breakdown. - Te Republican, 5/8/13
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