MA-Boston Globe: Baker (R) moves within MoE of Coakley (D)

[Tender Branson]

Democrat Martha Coakley has seen her edge over Republican Charlie Baker nearly erased in the last several weeks and is now virtually tied with Baker in a potential general-election matchup, according to a new Boston Globe poll.

Coakley leads Baker 39 percent to 36 percent in a hypothetical November contest. The 3-point edge is within the survey’s margin of error of plus or minus 4 percentage points.

Four weeks ago, Coakley held a nine-point advantage over Baker. The gap between the two is now the narrowest it has been in the seven weeks since the Globe began polling.

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The live telephone survey of 605 likely, registered voters was conducted by SocialSphere, Inc. from July 7 to July 8, and from July 13 to July 15. The margin of error, while 4 percentage points for the survey overall, was 5.1 percentage points for a smaller sample of 362 voters likely to cast ballots in the Democratic primary on Sept. 9.

http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2014/07/17/poll-has-coakley-baker-dead-heat-respondents-support-death-penalty-for-tsarnaev/KhrJDanK6oLEXaHYRcNISM/story.html

[Tender Branson]

This is probably because Coakley nearly got third in the Democratic Convention. That can't be a good sign for things to come. That said, I don't think Grossman has the skills it takes to beat Coakley.

Grossman trails Coakley by more than 30 points in that same poll, among Dem primary voters.