Posted on 10/30/2008 1:41:10 PM PDT by Chet 99
Obama, Kerry Far Ahead in Massachusetts Balloting; Repeal of State Income Tax Unlikely: In an election for President of the United States in Massachusetts today, 10/29/08, six days until votes are counted, Democrat Barack Obama defeats Republican John McCain 56% to 39%, according to this latest exclusive WBZ-TV poll conducted by SurveyUSA. John Kerry, 1st elected to the United States Senate in 1984, defeats Republican Jeff Beatty and is elected to his 6th term by a 24-point margin, 58% to 34%. Beatty runs strong among Republicans, Conservatives, pro-life voters, and gun owners, but none of those voting blocs make up more than a third of Massachusetts voters. Ballot Question 1, which would eliminate the state's personal income tax, is defeated in a vote today, with 64% of voters certain they will vote "No," 29% certain they will vote "Yes." Opposition to the measure has steadily increased since SurveyUSA began polling on the issue one month ago. SurveyUSA interviewed 800 Massachusetts adults 10/27/08 and 10/28/08. Of the adults, 743 were registered to vote. Of the registered voters, 658 were determined by SurveyUSA to be likely voters in the 11/04/08 general election.
Kennedy, Kerry and Frank. What more is there to know about Massachusetts. Polling there is a total waste of time.
I have been living in this benighted Commonwealth since 1977.
I gotta tell you -- I know a lot more Obama supporters here than McCain supporters. If there's one thing Masschusetts has plenty of, it's "useful idiots."
>>MA may shock the electorate.
Both Gore and Kerry took the state by 2 to 1.
Monitoring the margins MAY, just may be indicative of an upset.
After all, Obama lost to Hillary here, despite Kennedy’s, Kerry’s and Caroline’s endorsements of Barack.
Obama wants to take liberalism in a direction that the usual Cambridge commy can't even imagine. I will undoubtedly destroy the Democratic Party as the people revolt against the Obama extremism. If we have an election in 2010, Congress will be overwhelmingly Republican.
I think this is a huge problem with the traditional tweed jacket left in this country. They just can't fathom what Obama, Ayers, et al are contemplating because they are plain vanilla lefties, not radicals. They will be on the Radical hit list because they are soft. Remember Trotsky? It didn't turn out too well for that traditional (moderate) lefty either!
I don’t trust any poll but allow me to play the game.
There are 5% undecided. If by the point in one of the most Liberal states you are still undecided for the Liberal candidate you are basically saying that you are against the Liberal candidate. Give those to McCain. That is 44%. It’s interesting how his number in MA is greater than his number nationally (according to Pew Poll and a CBS poll). There are still quite a few national polls that have McCain hovering around the 42-45 range. Something doesn’t seem right...
Ignore the Polls, Pray and Work for it!
I saw tons of Obama stuff in southern Essex County. Cambridge, Boston, and Newton are littered with it, which should come as a surprise to no one. Obama will take MA without a doubt, but it would be curious if McCain did end up getting around 40%. Kerry won it by 25, and Gore by 27 (with Nader polling strongly).
Good post. Ya know, if I were a traditional kind of Dem (one of the few) Obama would scare the heck out of me. An unchecked Obama, Pelosi, Reid triumvirate could damage their party beyond repair. Heck, as a Republican, I was scared about all the reckless spending my party was supporting. And, of course, that had profound effects
Re the 2010 election, I noticed you said "If". That's how I see it as well. I just can't image radical Dems willingly relinquishing power. I can easily see them resorting to some type of obscure tactics to circumvent the normal election processes, especially if they're in danger of being tossed out. They have already corrupted the election process as it is. It's a "good start" for them.
We'll see!
I think people will be surprised with Obama’s margin of victory (?) here in MA....actually more McCain signs than Obama signs in my part of eastern MA....in 2004 and 2000 there were tons of signs for Gore and Kerry - hardly any for Obama - and MA went for Hillary against the endorsements of Patrick (Gov.) and Kennedy - I wouldn’t be surprised if there is a large PUMA effect here....of course we have a lot of college students too - although I heard in 2004 a lot of them were bussed up to NH to vote for Kerry up there - not sure how that worked - probably an ACORN thing....
Indies in MA like McCain a league more than they liked Bush. (And Indies make up 50% of Mass Voters) Many Formerly Moderate-Republican Towns in Central Mass, North Essex County, Plymouth County, and Barnstable County will lean to McCain after having voted against Bush both times. I’d say McCain wins about 39-42% of the vote, Obama wins about 57-60%.
At my place of business I don’t know one person voting Obama.
I voted absentee yesterday for Caribou Barbie:) and John.
I wonder if a lot of conservative minded voters will come out to vote against the income tax ballot item. If this issue brings out a lot of voters it could help McCain. I’d be shocked if he was even even close in the end though.
There are lots more McCain/Palin signs where I live. Very few Obama. The Obama signs I have seen are Obama-Kerry.
“But of what is listed, I don’t think question 1 will fail.”
You are about to receive a lesson in how liberals think....
- John
Not only that, but amongst what few Republicans there are in the Commonwealth, McCain has always been fairly popular. Mac beat the pants off of Bush in 2000 in the primary, and still managed to only lose by 10 against the home-state candidate this year. MA was a big Clinton win as I recall as well.
What does it all add up to? Not much, but I can’t see how Obama carrying MA by a slimmer margin than is standard for Democrats correlates with being up 3.1 billion points in the national polls.
I’ve never even seen an Obama-Kerry sign.
I was having a few last night at my local watering hole. There were 11 others there, all union tradesmen. Everyone of them said there was no way they would vote for Obama.
I think you will be surprised by the results in Ma. Obama will still take the state but not by the margin everyone thinks..
You mean Kerry-Biden, don't you?
:^)
Obama is underperforming both Kerry and Gore in MA. For a liberal like Obama in an allegedly Democrat “year,” that’s pathetic. McCain will break 40% here - bank on it.
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