MA-WBUR/MassInc: Sen. Brown (R) leads challengers by at least 9 points

[Tender Branson]

WBUR Massachusetts 2012 Senate General Election Poll
Topline Results
Survey of 500 Likely Voters
Field Dates: August 30 – September 1, 2011

If the November two thousand twelve election for U.S. Senate were held today, and if the candidates were Democrat Elizabeth Warren and Republican Scott Brown, for whom would you vote?

44% Scott Brown
35% Elizabeth Warren

If the November two thousand twelve election for U.S. Senate were held today, and if the candidates were Democrat Bob Massie and Republican Scott Brown, for whom would you vote?

45% Scott Brown
29% Bob Massie

If the November two thousand twelve election for U.S. Senate were held today, and if the candidates were Democrat Setti Warren and Republican Scott Brown, for whom would you vote?

46% Scott Brown
28% Setti Warren

If the November two thousand twelve election for U.S. Senate were held today, and if the candidates were Democrat Alan Khazei and Republican Scott Brown, for whom would you vote?

45% Scott Brown
30% Alan Khazei

I'm going to read you the names of several people who are active in public affairs. After I read each one please tell me if you have a generally favorable or generally unfavorable view of the person. If you have never heard of the person or if you are undecided, please just say so.

Scott Brown: 54% Favorable, 25% Unfavorable
Elizabeth Warren: 17% Favorable, 13% Unfavorable

http://www.wbur.org/files/2011/09/0905_wbur-senate-poll.pdf

Boston Globe/UNH poll:

Scott Brown: 49% Favorable, 26% Unfavorable

The telephone poll of 500 randomly selected adults was conducted between Aug. 20 and Aug. 31 and has a margin of error of plus or minus 4.3 percentage points.

http://articles.boston.com/2011-09-04/news/30113168_1_poll-results-senator-scott-brown-setti-warren

[greenforest32]

Come on Massachusetts.

You replaced Ted Kennedy with a fiscally conservative and socially moderate (by Republican standards) Republican?

You're better than this.

[Brittain33]

Small typo in the title...

...and this poll shows why no top-tier Democrat wants to run for a senate seat without a Democratic incumbent, a previously unthinkable situation here in Massachusetts.

[tpfkaw]

no top-tier Democrat

Who would that be?

MA is one of those odd states where both parties don't really have any sort of bench worth noting.  That works to the Democrats advantage in an open seat, obviously, but makes it near-impossible for them to dislodge a well-known and popular Republican incumbent.

[Brittain33]

At least half of our Congressional reps (Markey, Capuano, Frank, Lynch, McGovern) or the SoS whose name I am forgetting.

[tpfkaw]

At least half of our Congressional reps (Markey, Capuano, Frank, Lynch, McGovern) or the SoS whose name I am forgetting.

lol

[Snowstalker Mk. II]

Brown-Warren race that'll tighten by next year.

[RodPresident]

Although Obama hasn't personal popularity at Massachussetts, I think that the need of majority for a strong mandate will defeat Brown by the end.

[Gustaf]

At least half of our Congressional reps (Markey, Capuano, Frank, Lynch, McGovern) or the SoS whose name I am forgetting.

Wait, so a top-tier candidate is an SoS that you, a member of the Atlas forum, can't remember the name of? Surely, you jest.

Brown's approvals are decent but a presidential year in MA is still a tall order.