According to the Boston Globe poll (likely voters), Martha Coakley has a 15 point lead in the Senate race.
Coakley’s lead grows to 17 points - 53 percent to 36 percent - when undecideds leaning toward a candidate are included in the tally
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"She’s simply better known and better liked than Brown,’’ said Andrew E. Smith, director of the University of New Hampshire Survey Center, which conducted the poll for the Globe.
Coakley is seen as the candidate best able to handle almost every issue voters were asked about, even those that Brown has made centerpieces of his campaign, such as taxes, the economy, and health care. Nearly six in 10 voters also said they are unconcerned that the Massachusetts congressional delegation is composed entirely of Democrats.
Her likability has also proved quite durable, with 61 percent of respondents having a favorable view of her and 26 percent having an unfavorable view. Her net favorability rating has dropped only 6 points since a Globe poll of Massachusetts residents in July, despite a daily onslaught of criticism from Brown.
The poll indicated modest support for national efforts to overhaul health care, a proposal championed by Senator Kennedy and one that has many aspects of the landmark legislation approved Massachusetts approved four years ago.
A plurality of those surveyed - 43 percent - said they favor the current efforts in the House and Senate, while 36 percent said they oppose them; 18 percent said they did not know enough about the legislation to say.
The poll, conducted Jan. 2 to 6, sampled the views of 554 randomly selected likely voters. The poll has a margin of error of 4.2 percentage points.
There is no explanation why there is a difference between the PPP Poll results and the Boston GLobe results.
In PPP's case, their last poll in NY-23 showed Hoffman with a double digit lead, which was far from the actual result
by the way, rasmussen MA poll was taken January 4th
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