PPP Poll: Romney Trails Obama By 9 Points In Massachusetts

TPM ^ | December 3, 2010 | Eric Kleefeld

[2ndDivisionVet]

The new survey of Massachusetts from Public Policy Polling (D) shows President Obama continuing to lead various possible Republican challengers in this deep-blue state -- including former Gov. Mitt Romney, who comes the closest to Obama but still trails by a significant margin.

Obama leads Newt Gingrich by 57%-33%; Mike Huckabee by 57%-33%; and extends his lead to 61%-32% against Sarah Palin. Against Romney, who was governor of the state from 2003-2007 -- and did not seek re-election in 2006 in order to run for president in the 2008 cycle -- Obama leads by 52%-43%.

Obama's approval rating in Massachusetts is 55%, with disapproval at 40%. By contrast, Romney's personal favorable rating is only 40%, with 51% viewing him unfavorably. It should be kept in mind that, in his 2008 run, Romney often courted conservative audiences by contrasting his positions with "the most liberal state in the country" (as it was called in one ad) where he'd been governor.

The survey of registered voters has a ±4.4% margin of error.

[ansel12]

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[lnsguy54]

Massachusetts, unfortunately, is not reflective of the American grass roots voter attitude. I live in New England and can attest to the political idiocy of the Bay State voters. Most should go to a local mall on election day and get lost for 12 hours while intelligent people in MA (which there are very few) go to the polls and cast a vote to deny the Marxist-Socialist Obama a 2nd term.

[scrabblehack]

So many colleges, so little intelligence...

[Windflier]

Obama controls Tv and the media plus the idiots who watch TV.

Seek help. You've got an acute case of TV derangement syndrome. That has to be the umpteenth time I've seen you post that rant.

Seriously. Get a grip.

[Victoria Delsoul]

It is increasingly becoming clear to moderates, independents, and even some democrats that Obama's policies are harming the economy.  While he managed to blame GW early during his administration, the fact is that most of the popular economic indicators have gotten worse on his watch, and there is no evidence that what he has done is helping.

Indeed, there is evidence that what he has done has hurt the economy, hurt people (voters), and will continue to harm peoples' lives and their businesses' livelihood, thereby turning purple states more red and blue states more purple.

Sure, Obama will still do well in the very liberal states like NY, CA, MA, and a few more, but there aren't enough true liberal states to re-elect him, as it stands now. So if the objective of the writer is to emphasize Obama's favorable ratings in a liberal state as a projection of his national fortunes in 2012, the entire premise and analysis is flawed.  The USA isn't Massachusetts (thank goodness), and the US isn't like those heavily liberal states that Obama will poll well in.  Indeed, the US is more like the Red states he won't win, and the swing states where he has lost a lot of ground.

And frankly, he is running out of time to turn that around.

[Frantzie]

No your a Matrix idiot. Keep watching Saudia TV - it keeps Obama in power.

[Windflier]

No your a Matrix idiot. Keep watching Saudia TV

And you are certifiably looney toons.

You've posted the same damn rant hundreds of times on this forum. Has it ever occurred to you that WE GOT IT, FRANTZIE?

[TexasFreeper2009]

lol

If Obama is down to as low as 52% in Massachusetts... it's SO over for him.

[OldDeckHand]

"I thought that he would give the ground that he needed to, to survive and to make a good liberal media splash when needed, but I didn’t think that he would eagerly rush to vote left when he didn’t have to."

I'm not sure that he hasn't met that obligation. I'm not happy about his flip-flop on DADT. BUT, the repeal of DADT in Massachusetts is overwhelmingly favored - almost 4-1. Brown, while popular in MA (and arguably the most popular politician), still only has a 51-53% approval rating. IOW, he's a bad decision away from alienating another 1/3 of the electorate.

It's hard to be moderate in MA. It's impossible to be conservative. That's their political reality.

[ansel12]

I’ll accept your take on it for now, I know that he beats Ted Kennedy.

I worked for his campaign (phone), but I don’t keep up with the details of his political life.

[lnsguy54]

MA residents are selfish sucking liberals that care only about what they can get out of the government, whether it be local, state or federal. They accepted a proposal reducing their sales tax on alcoholic beverages by 3%, but rejected a proposal to reduce sales tax on general merchandise. people in MA represent all that is wrong and bad in America. They would be a good representation of Marxist-Socialism at work in the former Soviet Union. Their socio-economic policies and attitude are at the crux of this country's failures. Berkley, CA commy liberals would be proud of the residents of MAssachusetts.

[lnsguy54]

If you worked the phones for him I would think you would have made it your priority to get to know what a candidate you support thinks and what his defines his philosophy. Sadly, you are the image of a typical campaign worker. They get all fuzzy and warm about their candidate and see him in one dimension only. But fail to scrutinize the details of their philosophical and political view, the result of which is an uneducated and blind supporter. Look around and see the fruit of his dangerous and Draconian measures. Are you proud of what policies he has tried to introduce, and sometimes with success? Are you a Marxist-Socialist or are you a free market capitalist?

[ansel12]

LOL, that was very dramatic.

I despised Ted Kennedy, and I am glad that we took over the Kennedy family Senate seat.

My work was done, being in California I don’t keep up with everything he does, do I want to give the seat back to the Kennedys? No. Did you ever see me wanting him for any office outside of that Massachusetts Senate seat? No.