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From: Tom Jensen, Director of Public Policy Polling To: Interested Parties Subject:
Markey’s lead expands to 7 points
Date: May 16
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, 2013
Public Policy Polling’s newest survey of the
US Senate election in Massachusetts finds
Ed Markey’s lead over Gabriel
Gomez growing to 7 points at 48/41, up from a 4 point margin right after the primary election 2 weeks ago. Key findings from the survey include: -
Markey’s consolidating his party base, going from a 68/21 lead with Democratic voters
two weeks ago to a 77/12 one now. That suggests that voters who supported Stephen Lynch in the primary election are starting to unify more around Markey now. -
Markey’s 14% of the Republican vote is actually more than the 12% of Democrats that
Gomez is winning over. For a GOP candidate to have any shot in a state like Massachusetts they need to win more voters across party lines than they lose of their own. -
Gomez’s net favorability has declined by 6 points in the last two weeks from +14 at
41/27 previously to now +8 at 42/34. Mos
t notably he’s gone from 33/32 with Democrats
right after the primary to now 20/52, suggesting that the more Democrats learn about him the less crossover appeal he has. PPP interviewed 880 likely voters from May 13
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to 15th with a margin of error of +/-3.3% on behalf of the League of Conservation Voters.
