Democrat Coakley Opens Big Lead in Massachusetts Senate Race

2 years ago

0 Comments Say Something »

Text Size

Contributing Editor

Democrat Martha Coakley is leading Republican Scott Brown by 50 percent to 35 percent in the race to fill the seat of the late Sen. Edward Kennedy, according to a Boston Globe poll of likely voters conducted Jan. 2-6. Nine percent are undecided and 5 percent are supporting an independent candidate. The results contradict two recent polls that had the race closer or tied.

The special election matching up Coakley, the state's attorney general, and Brown, a state senator, is scheduled for Jan. 19.

The Globe said that when undecided voters who are leaning one way or another are added to the mix, Coakley's lead grows to 53 percent to 36 percent. Nearly two-thirds of Brown's supporters believe the Democrat will win.

A Rasmussen Reports poll conducted Jan. 4 had Coakley ahead by only 9 points. A Public Policy Polling survey conducted Jan. 7-9 had the two candidates in a statistical tie.

Filed Under: Senate, Polls, Poll Watch, 2010 Elections

Tagged: martha coakley, MarthaCoakley, massachusetts senate race, MassachusettsSenateRace, scott brown, ScottBrown

Our New Approach to Comments

In an effort to encourage the same level of civil dialogue among Politics Daily’s readers that we expect of our writers – a “civilogue,” to use the term coined by PD’s Jeffrey Weiss – we are requiring commenters to use their AOL or AIM screen names to submit a comment, and we are reading all comments before publishing them. Personal attacks (on writers, other readers, Nancy Pelosi, George W. Bush, or anyone at all) and comments that are not productive additions to the conversation will not be published, period, to make room for a discussion among those with ideas to kick around. Please read our Help and Feedback section for more info.