Sunday PJM/CrossTarget Poll: Brown up 9.6% among likely voters

Pajamas Media ^ | January 17th, 2010 | Roger L. Simon

[Plutarch]

A poll taken Sunday afternoon while President Obama was in Massachusetts campaigning for Democrat Martha Coakley against Republican Scott Brown for the open Senate seat in that state showed Brown leading his Democratic opponent by 9.6% (51.9% to 42.3% with 5.7% undecided).

The poll, conducted via telephone for Pajamas Media by CrossTarget, was of 574 Likely Massachusetts Voters and has a margin of error of +/-4.09%. CrossTarget used the exact method – Interactive Voice Technology (IVR) – it used in a similar poll for PJM on Friday. The previous poll showed Brown ahead by approximately 15%.

A poll released Sunday from the Merrimam River Group shows Brown up by an identical 9.6%...

[Hildy]

wow!! THANK YOU MASSACHUSETTS...We’ve had our differences, but this is so big, it kinda erases some of the bad stuff!

[TornadoAlley3]

Patrick Kennedy mentioned Coakley repeatedly during his remarks to reporters, each time referring to her as “Marcia,” not “Martha.

[Interesting Times]

Patrick Kennedy mentioned Coakley repeatedly during his remarks to reporters, each time referring to her as “Marcia,” not “Martha.

It's all Patrick can do to remember his own name, let alone somebody else's.

[Plutarch]

To make clear, this is a different poll than the MRG poll, also at 9.6%.

Brown Has 9.6% Lead in New Poll (WOWSERS!!!)

[SmokingJoe]

Cool.
Are we going to get a Ras poll tonight by any chance?

[Zeddicus]

There are alot of us in MA that aren’t horrible communists, you know. We’ve always just been successfully silenced by the commies, and conservative candidates have never had much of a political machine here to help them.

Fortunately, it looks like alot of MA residents are finally waking up to the realization that they elected a band of thieves who plundered their home and sold their children into slavery.

Isn’t it fitting that the state that held the beginning of the first American Revolution will also be the home of the beginning of the SECOND American Revolution?

I’m trying real hard not to get my hopes up too high yet, but if Scott Brown wins, for the first time in my political life as a life-long MA resident, I may actually feel a touch of pride at being here to see the first mortal blow dealt to the fascist Obama agenda.

[nhwingut]

I almost feel myself getting too confident lately.

PPP is releasing a new one in about 30 minutes.

[nhwingut]

Looks like Marcia gained 5 points. LMAO.

[mplsconservative]

PPP is releasing a new one in about 30 minutes.

Thanks for that info. I don't think I'll be getting much sleep the next couple of days, along with a lot of other freepers. :)

[SWAMPSNIPER]

Why do you allow them to silence you? Are you worried about offending your boss, customers or neighbors? Are you worried that speaking out will endanger your income?

Whatever it costs you, compare that to the cost of silence!

We are where we are now because of complacency, and past silence!

[Plutarch]

Are we going to get a Ras poll tonight by any chance?

Rumor has it, but I've not seen any confirmation.

[Hildy]

From your lips, to God’s ears!

[ARepublicanForAllReasons]

There are alot of us in MA that aren’t horrible communists, you know. We’ve always just been successfully silenced by the commies, and conservative candidates have never had much of a political machine here to help them.

My 2 cents worth:
I'm speculating that when it was Kennedy and his machine running, a lot of Republicans didn't bother to vote, since the outcome was pre-determined. Now that the momentum seems to be on the Republican side, they may come out of the shadows with a vengence! This at least is what seems to be happening.

And I'm hoping not just for a Brown victory, but for a STUNNING victory of 8-10%. The nation's eyes are rivited on Massachusetts. This could be a political sea change and a real morale booster leading up to Nov. '10.