Posted on 01/16/2010 4:39:18 PM PST by cdchik123
Republican Scott Brown leads Democrat Martha Coakley 48% to 45% in the special Massachusetts US Senate race to replace Senator Ted Kennedy in a telephone survey conducted January 12-14 among 600 likely voters in Massachusetts saying they will definitely vote in the special election on January 19.
Brown leads Coakley 94% to 1% among registered Republicans and he leads 58% to 37% among unenrolled voters. Coakley leads Brown 71% to 20% among registered Democrats. A total of 8% of Democrats and 5% of Republicans remain undecided.
Brown leads 54% to 39% among men while Coakley leads 50% to 44% among women.
Brown leads 52% to 42% among likely voters age 18 to 49 and Coakley leads 47% to 46% among voters 50 and older.
A total of 9% of likely voters say they have already voted by absentee ballot, with Brown leading Coakley 58% to 42%.
As I recall, there were just a few hundred votes in play there. Rossi initially won by what, 300 votes? That would have been less than 1%. Gregoire “found” votes to take the lead away and Rossi litigated. The judge acted in a rather biased fashion and basically gave the election to Gregoire. I thought Rossi could have carried his case further but he chose not to.
If present trends continue, Brown should win by 30,000 votes. King County-style Sneaky Pete tactics won’t help Coakley against those kinds of numbers.
She had better pray that the polls are very wrong!
MA Recount is if the margin of victory is less than 0.5% percent.
Republicans have won elections in that State.
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