MA-Gov: Baker massively popular

[MAINEiac4434]

Baker can be beaten if the Democrat can nationalize the race. 

Martha Coakley could beat Baker if the race was nationalized, and she was adequately funded.

Coakley is like all the negatives about Hillary with none of the positives.

[Lord Admirale]

Baker can be beaten if the Democrat can nationalize the race. 

Martha Coakley could beat Baker if the race was nationalized, and she was adequately funded.

Coakley is like all the negatives about Hillary with none of the positives.

[Figueira]

Disgusting that so many Massachusettsans can't see through Baker.

Still, he's not going to win by as big a margin as his approval numbers suggest.

[PragmaticPopulist]

Hogan is... screwed.

Right. I imagine the voters there will be looking for any way to stick it to Trump. Throwing a Republican Governor out on his ass being one of them.

MD is much less willing to split tickets than MA is as well. The last time a governor and senate race in MD went different was 1958. Hogan is also more conservative than Baker, proposing massive cuts to higher education, and openly fighting unions.

[LeRaposa]

He does a good job. He should easily win reelection next year. It won't be competitive. Safe R.

[Maxwell]

Disgusting that so many Massachusettsans can't see through Baker.

Still, he's not going to win by as big a margin as his approval numbers suggest.

i mean his approvals probably mean the percentage actually voting for him is, what, 50-52%? Good, not overwhelming.

[FairBol]

Even as Trump is radioactive. WNE poll of job approvals:

Baker 68/13
Warren: 63/30
Markey: 53/21
Healey: 64/16
Trump: 19/76

I bet.  The guy brought GE to MA....thanks, "Moron Malloy"!! LOL SMH.  :-/

[Figueira]

Hogan is... screwed.

Right. I imagine the voters there will be looking for any way to stick it to Trump. Throwing a Republican Governor out on his ass being one of them.

MD is much less willing to split tickets than MA is as well. The last time a governor and senate race in MD went different was 1958. Hogan is also more conservative than Baker, proposing massive cuts to higher education, and openly fighting unions.

I think Baker is, deep down, probably as conservative as Hogan except maybe on one or two social issues, but I think he has way more political skills and knows exactly what he needs to do to stay popular in Massachusetts.

[GlobeSoc]

Even as Trump is radioactive. WNE poll of job approvals:

Baker 68/13
Warren: 63/30
Markey: 53/21
Healey: 64/16
Trump: 19/76

lol, and very fitting.

[Young Conservative]

why is Healey being polled?

Maura Healey is the incumbent Democratic attorney general.
Kerry Healey is the former Republican Lt. Governor.
This poll refers to the former.

[JMT]

I will be voting for Setti Warren in the primaries, and for whoever the Democratic nominee is in the general election. That being said, I'm well aware Baker is almost certain to win reelection, and I won't be upset if he wins again.

[Maxwell]

Also Trump's dreadful approval rating here seems to point to why his approvals are higher in swing states than they are nationally.

[Kingpoleon]

Baker can be beaten if the Democrat can nationalize the race. 

Martha Coakley could beat Baker if the race was nationalized, and she was adequately funded.

Coakley is like all the negatives about Hillary with none of the positives.

So Coakley is exactly like Clinton?

[JohnCA246]

What impact would a Baker win have on congressional redistricting, assuming there is no big Supreme Court ruling? Would this mean a pro-incumbent map given the legislature and governorship would be split?

[IceSpear]

What impact would a Baker win have on congressional redistricting, assuming there is no big Supreme Court ruling? Would this mean a pro-incumbent map given the legislature and governorship would be split?

It wouldn't. Dems have veto proof majorities.

[President Johnson]

Too bad Baker could never win the Republican nomination for president. Certainly a great guy. I'd vote for him in Massachusetts.

[DPKdebator]

Too bad Baker could never win the Republican nomination for president. Certainly a great guy. I'd vote for him in Massachusetts.

I'd love to see Baker run for president someday against Joe Manchin.

[Figueira]

What impact would a Baker win have on congressional redistricting, assuming there is no big Supreme Court ruling? Would this mean a pro-incumbent map given the legislature and governorship would be split?

It wouldn't. Dems have veto proof majorities.

Also "pro-incumbent map" is the status quo in MA.

[IceSpear]

Too bad Baker could never win the Republican nomination for president. Certainly a great guy. I'd vote for him in Massachusetts.

I'd love to see Baker run for president someday against Joe Manchin.

[Dr Oz Lost Party!]

That amount of ticket splitting that will happen in this state...

[DPKdebator]

Too bad Baker could never win the Republican nomination for president. Certainly a great guy. I'd vote for him in Massachusetts.

I'd love to see Baker run for president someday against Joe Manchin.

[DPKdebator]

My map basically looks the same. I think Manchin might be a little more competitive in the Mississippi Delta and a little less in the Northeast, Florida, and Minnesota. Suburbs move toward Baker, rural whites in ancestral D states move toward Manchin.

My map sort of has the start of this trend, but unless it's a realignment (which is not out of the question in such a matchup) I don't think the states would move THAT drastically.

[Canis]

http://www.wbur.org/news/2017/12/11/baker-backs-doug-jones-alabama
Baker is backing Jones this will probably help him

[RINO Tom]

^ FF, as we all knew.

[America's Sweetheart ❤/𝕿𝖍𝖊 𝕭𝖔𝖔𝖙𝖞 𝖂𝖆𝖗𝖗𝖎𝖔𝖗]

http://www.wbur.org/news/2017/12/11/baker-backs-doug-jones-alabama
Baker is backing Jones this will probably help him

Baker is daddy.