2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumMassachusetts President and Senate poll
Democratic President Barack Obama holds a strong, 19-point lead over Republican challenger Mitt Romney in Massachusetts, 56% Obama to 37% Romney, in a poll of 899 registered voters statewide, conducted by YouGov.
In Massachusetts:
Partisan loyalty is strong on both sides, as 91% of Democrats are sticking with Obama and 93% of Republicans are voting for Romney.
Independents favor Obama, at 50%-41%.
Women and men favor Obama in Massachusetts, at 61%-33% and 51%-42% respectively.
Obama leads overwhelmingly in the Boston area by 72%-21%.
Obama also leads in Western Massachusetts (61%-32%), in the North Shore area (55%-38%) and in the Route 495/Industrial Belt area (56%-37%).
Romney leads Obama in South Shore/Cape Cod (54%-45%).
All age groups in Massachusetts favor Obama: age under 30s (61%-34%), age 30-44 (63%-30%), age 45-64 (51%-42%) and age 65 or older (53%-41%).
In the race for Senate, Democratic challenger Elizabeth Warren holds a nominal lead over incumbent Republican Senator Scott Brown, at 44%-43%.
http://today.yougov.com/news/2012/09/21/massachusetts/
TroyD
(4,551 posts)Way too close for my liking in that one.
But at least it's still a lead.
WI_DEM
(33,497 posts)TroyD
(4,551 posts)Which I believe was shown here to have oversampled Republicans and been conducted by a Republican-leaning newspaper.