MA-Suffolk (D primary): Markey +10

[ON Progressive]

https://www.suffolk.edu/-/media/suffolk/documents/academics/research-at-suffolk/suprc/polls/massachusetts2/2020/8_27_2020_marginals_pdftxt.pdf

Ed Markey (inc) 51
Joe Kennedy III 41

Was 42-36 Kennedy in February.

[Amenhotep Bakari-Sellers]

Markey wins, shows the limits of campaign finance laws and Bullock, Gross and Kennedy were leading in fundraising and they are trailing in polls, in a Covid 19 era, where middle class selectively donate

[Landslide Lyndon]

You love to see it.

[TiltsAreUnderrated]

500 likely voters
August 23-25, 2020

Refused 0%
Undecided 8%

[CookieDamage]

stick in fork in kennedy

[Xing]

Looking increasingly good for Markey. There’s a reason why some primary challenges fall flat on their face and others don’t.

[brucejoel99]

Well, that's probably a wrap.

[South Dakota Democrat]

Kennedy sucks.

[We Live in Black and White]

That milquetoast a**hole can eat it. You love to see it.

[MillennialModerate]

Where is all the animosity coming from? The guy is a champion of the same causes you guys claim to care about. But all because he had the nerve to primary a guy who most in this state didn’t give a damn about until he had a cup of coffee with AOC - he’s a piece of sh**t?

[TiltsAreUnderrated]

Where is all the animosity coming from? The guy is a champion of the same causes you guys claim to care about. But all because he had the nerve to primary a guy who most in this state didn’t give a damn about until he had a cup of coffee with AOC - he’s a piece of sh**t?

I'm not against JPKIII's policies but there really isn't much to like about the fairly cynical and incompetent way he's run his campaign and this is probably the most sustained national exposure he's had in a long while, so it's essentially a bad first impression for a lot of people here. The obvious presidential ambitions are also repellent because he's clearly not yet cut out to run a bid like that.

[Ferguson97]

Where is all the animosity coming from? The guy is a champion of the same causes you guys claim to care about. But all because he had the nerve to primary a guy who most in this state didn’t give a damn about until he had a cup of coffee with AOC - he’s a piece of sh**t?

I think it's 90% because he's a Kennedy and there's the perception that he feels entitled to the seat.

[brucejoel99]

Where is all the animosity coming from? The guy is a champion of the same causes you guys claim to care about. But all because he had the nerve to primary a guy who most in this state didn’t give a damn about until he had a cup of coffee with AOC - he’s a piece of sh**t?

I think it's 90% because he's a Kennedy and there's the perception that he feels entitled to the seat.

For me personally, it's the bolded.

I've said before that if Caroline's kid runs for office one day & actually offers serious, compelling arguments as to why he'd be the best candidate to hold the office he'd be running for, then I wouldn't oppose him purely on the basis of his name.

But over the course of this primary challenge, JKIII - instead of actually showing & proving that he deserves an opportunity to hold elected office regardless of who his family happens to be - hasn't made a clear case as to why he thinks Markey is out-of-touch with Massachusetts & its values, hasn't provided any real argument for why he'd be a better Senator for Massachusetts than Markey, & has seemingly only banked on his name-recognition & Camelot nostalgia to win him this primary so he could use the Senate seat to elevate his profile to presidential material-status.

Hence my presence on the Markey train.

[Amenhotep Bakari-Sellers]

This is a MA race, not a natl race, any state other than MA would pick Joe over Markey