MA Senate - Special Election Results thread

[JohnnyLongtorso]

Suffolk University / 7 News
11/4-8/09; 600 likely voters, 4% margin of error
Mode: Live telephone interviews

Flash-back November 2009:

Favorable / Unfavorable
Deval Patick (D): 43 / 47
Tim Cahill (i): 41 / 13
Martha Coakley (D): 57 / 21
Mike Capuano (D): 38 / 18
Charlie Baker (R): 13 / 7
Christy Mihos (R): 30 / 25
Barack Obama: 62 / 33
Alan Khazei (D): 11 / 9
Steve Pagliuca (D): 35 / 18
Jack E. Robinson (R): 9 / 17
Scott Brown (R): 15 / 8

Job Approval / Disapproval
Pres. Obama: 60 / 36
Gov. Patrick: 42 / 51

Do you think Governor Deval Patrick deserves to be re-elected or is it time to elect someone else?
32% deserves re-election, 55% time to elect someone else

2010 Senate Special
Coakley 58%, Brown 27%
Capuano 48%, Brown 29%
Brown 33%, Khazei 30%
Pagliuca 49%, Brown 27%

http://www.pollster.com/blogs/ma_2010_gov_sen_special_suffol_1.php

It seems a big part of the problem was the Coakley campaign.

Khazei's numbers were pretty horrible, but someone on SSP was arguing that he'd have been the best candidate.

[JohnnyLongtorso]

Hopefully Obama wakes up and smells the coffee and hopefully the Democrats get competent, for a change.

You might as well hope that Obama buys you a pony. It's about as likely.

[JohnnyLongtorso]

Lawrence is majority-Hispanic, according to Wikipedia.