Lynn Ma that just elected a republican mayor for the first time is overwhelmingly supporting Brown

[graywarrior]

Dear god, I just don't know what to think now.


Item Live Poll: Greater Lynn prefers Brown by wide margin

As the race to fill Massachusetts' open U.S. Senate seat tightened in the homestretch last week, the Greater Lynn area strongly broke for Scott Brown.

Political observers among Daily Item readers responded over the weekend to an ItemLive.com poll, with an overwhelming two-thirds backing the candidacy of state Sen. Brown (R-Wrentham).

A total of 602 votes were cast in the multiple-choice single-question poll, open to all, conducted over 80 hours from Thursday morning through 6 p.m. Sunday.

http://www.thedailyitemoflynn.com/articles/2010/01/18/news/news01.txt

[ananda]

1. Why would anyone be surprised when..

.. Obama and the Dems in the Senate have so overwhelmingly
disaffected their base?

[dsc]

2. you posted unscientific voodoo

not a poll. We have no earthly idea who that area prefers after that poll any more than before.

[cali]

3. it may be cold comfort but that's not a real poll.

[graywarrior]

7. The people who respond to the Item are nasty and unbalanced

The voting for mayor was right down the middle. The new major won by something like 30 votes. It's gonna be a squeaker and the suspense is KILLING me.

[cali]

9. I know it's particularly painful for all you MA guys

I'm hoping like hell you all pull it off.

[rox63]

4. WTF is wrong with Lynn?

:banghead:

I hope these numbers scare the crap out of Dems, and get them to the polls in droves tomorrow.

[graywarrior]

5. The population has changed over the past 10 years

The hardcore dems are long gone.

[Tesha]

17. You don't really think "Reagan Democrats" are Democrats, do you?

Only Rahm and other fools like that believe such clap-trap.

Tesha

[meegbear]

6. Read that this morning ...

WTF indeed

[Jennicut]

8. Is that an internet poll or a poll where people are called? Internet polls are notoriously

inaccurate as there is no voter screening process.

[Tailormyst]

10. After "Together we can" and "Yes we can" turned out to be BS....

... I am not surprised that many are going for a lunatic being portrayed as a moderate.

[pipi_k]

11. Looks like it was an online poll?

I was just thinking that maybe the results could be due to kids doing stupid shit.

Or maybe it's similar to what sometimes happens here when people put out a call to "DU this poll"...only from a bunch of Republicans.


There could be lots of reasons, really...

[graywarrior]

13. Lynn's one effed up city

They're all still pissed as hell at Clancy, the mayor they voted out.

[pipi_k]

16. Off topic a bit, but...

out this way we're always hearing Lynn referred to as "Lynn, Lynn, city of sin".

What's up with that?


Is it the Las Vegas of New England?

:+

[graywarrior]

18. It a limerick that came from WWII when sailors came here to drink and party.

It's a tough town, used to be the shoe center of the country. Lots of factories and bars. Most Lynners agree that we all have PTSD from growing up in the City of Sin. Everyone from miles around goes there to buy their drugs. It's seedy, not like Vegas with all the glitz.

[spanone]

12. we also know how online polls can be corrupted

[Subdivisions]

14. How did Lynn vote in the 2008 elections? n/t

[karynnj]

15. Internet polls are freeped by either side

I could go to the site and vote - I live in NJ. (I have sometimes posted my local paper's idiotic polls - because the results are spun. That is NOT to say that Lynn wouldn't go for Brown, but there is no way that an internet poll can be made scientific.

[KingFlorez]

19. And I bet a lot of those votes weren't even Lynn residents or even in MA

It's non-scientific and internet polls have no security.