Suffolk University has another poll out with a whole wealth of information on state matters. Here's a sample:
So, the moral of the story is at this early date, Reilly is the best bet the state Democrats have. Of course, Patrick has a year or so to turn that 68% 'never heard of him' number around. More troubling to me, though, is that half the survey respondents would vote for Romney over Patrick versus remaining undecided -- despite the fact that so few have ever heard of him. I feel like those numbers have a lot of room to change in the next two years, but if he's serious about running, he had better start campaigning today.
If the Final election was held today and the candidates were [NAME] toward whom would you lean?
Challenger Romney Undecided Chris Gabrieli 35% 50% 15% Bill Galvin 38% 45% 17% Deval Patrick 28% 50% 23% Tom Reilly 45% 41% 14%
Favorability Ratings/Name Recognition:
Candidate Never Heard of Favorable Unfavorable Heard of Undecided Mitt Romney 1% 54% 33% 13% Bill Galvin 27% 37% 9% 27% Martha Coakley 32% 35% 10% 23% Joe DeNucci 30% 31% 10% 29% Kerry Healey 24% 32% 23% 21% Tom Reilly 15% 55% 11% 18% Chris Gabrieli 47% 15% 6% 32% Tim Cahill 38% 24% 7% 31% Tom Menino 7% 64% 14% 15% Deval Patrick 68% 6% 5% 21% Michael O'Halloran 60% 7% 5% 28%
It's also interesting how Tom Reilly has the highest favorability rating of any politician in the poll aside from Menino. Expect Mitt and the state GOP to work to hammer that rating down with a negative campaign as we get closer to '06.
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