WBUR Massachusetts 2014 General Election Poll Topline Results Survey of 504 Registered Voters Field Dates: January

16-19, 2014 I'm going to read you the names of several people who are active in public affairs. After I read each one please tell me if you have a generally favorable or generally unfavorable view of the person. If you have never heard of the person or if you are undecided, please just say so. READ FIRST NAME. How about READ NEXT NAME? REPEAT QUESTION TEXT ONLY IF NECESSARY, PROBE IF RESPONDENT SAYS DONT KNOW. Have you heard of READ NAME and are undecided about (him/her)? Or PAUSE have you never heard of (him/her)? Heard of / Undecided 8% Never heard of 2%

Favorable Deval Patrick 52%

Unfavorable 38%

Refused 0%

Other survey questions held for later release. Do you approve or disapprove of the way Deval Patrick is handling his job as governor? Approve Disapprove Dont Know / Refused How closely, if at all, have you been following news about READ FIRST ITEMvery closely, somewhat closely, not too closely, or not at all? How about READ NEXT ITEM? Very closely 33% Somewhat closely 41% Not too closely 15% Not at all 11% Dont Know / Refused 0% 53% 39% 8%

Order rotated. The chemist in the state drug testing lab who faked drug test results The social workers who were fired for failing to check in on a 5 year old boy who is now missing. Problems with the Massachusetts Health Connector, the state website for applying for health and dental insurance

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Do you approve or disapprove of the way Governor Deval Patrick is handling these problems we have just discussed? Approve Disapprove Dont Know / Refused 38% 37% 25%

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Demographics Race White / Caucasian All others Dont Know / Refused 81% 16% 3%

Age 18 to 29 30 to 44 45 to 59 60+ 17% 26% 29% 28%

Gender Male Female 48% 52%

Party Registration Democrat Republican Independent / Unenrolled 36% 11% 53%

Education High School or less Some college, no degree College graduate (BA/BS) Advanced degree 34% 23% 26% 17%

About the Poll These results are based on a survey of 504 registered voters in Massachusetts. The poll was conducted January 16-19, 2014. Live telephone interviews were conducted via both landline and cell phone using conventional registration based sampling procedures. The margin of sampling error for the full sample is +/- 4.4 percent with a 95 percent level of confidence. The poll was sponsored by WBUR, a National Public Radio station in the Boston area. The MassINC Polling Group 2