Time for Obama to jet off to Massachusetts – New PPP poll: Brown 48%, Coakley 47%

obamacornI think its time for Obama to head back to the campaign trial…. That is for Martha Coakley. Obama tried his darnedest in New Jersey for Jon Corzine, which turned out to be yet another epic Obama failure when the polls tightened up. This poll shocks me, though I don’t know if PPP is considered a right-wing extremist poll by liberals like Rasmussen supposedly is. The latest PPP poll actually shows Scott Brown with a 1% lead over Coakley for Ted Kennedy’s Senate seat. Elections are to occur on Jan 19th. With this election looking like its going to be close, no matter who wins, people need to pay attention to ACORN and the rest of the liberal voting fraud groups. No one seemed to pay much attention when Al Franken mysteriously  got a few hundred more votes after the original count when Norm Coleman at first won.

-As was the case in the Gubernatorial elections in New Jersey and Virginia last year, it looks like the electorate in Massachusetts will be considerably more conservative than the one that showed up in 2008. Obama took the state by 26 points then, but those planning to vote next week only report having voted for him by 16.

-Republicans are considerably more enthusiastic about turning out to vote than Democrats are. 66% of GOP voters say they are ‘very excited’ about casting their votes, while only 48% of Democrats express that sentiment- and that’s among the Democrats who are planning to vote in contrast to the many who are apparently not planning to do so at this point.

-Brown has eye popping numbers with independents, sporting a 70/16 favorability rating with them and holding a 63-31 lead in the horse race with Coakley. Health care may be hurting Democratic fortunes with that group, as only 27% of independents express support for Obama’s plan with 59% opposed.

-In a trend that’s going to cause Democrats trouble all year, voters disgusted with both parties are planning to vote for the one out of power. Perhaps the most remarkable thing about Brown’s standing is that only 21% of Massachusetts voters have a favorable opinion of Congressional Republicans…but at the same time only 33% view Congressional Democrats favorably. And among voters who have a negative take on both parties, who account for more than 20% of the electorate, Brown leads 74-21.

-Because he’s basically been untouched so far, Brown’s favorability spread is a remarkable +32, at 57/25. For some perspective on how good those numbers are, Bob McDonnell was at a +20 spread with Virginia voters in our final poll there before going on to a 17 point victory.


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January 9, 2010 · Filed Under General Politics, Scott Brown

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