MA: Rasmussen: Kerry comfortably ahead of his Republican challengers

[Tender Branson]

New Poll: Massachusetts Senator by Rasmussen on 2008-05-29

Summary: D: 63%, R: 29%, U: 8%

Poll Source URL: Full Poll Details


Kerry - 63%
Beatty - 25%


Favorable Ratings:

Kerry - 61% favorable, 37% unfavorable
Ogonowski - 34% favorable, 42% unfavorable
Beatty - 26% favorable, 38% unfavorable

[Brittain33]

Funny how just saying "I'm a Republican" is enough to give you a 38% unfavorable rating from the get-go.

[Adlai Stevenson]

Kerry has clearly done what he needs to at home and is now a safe bet for a trouble-free re-election.

[Meeker]

This is shocking.

[© tweed]

Joel Mahoney would have won

[WalterMitty]

kerry does have a primary challenger.  itd be nice to see a poll on that.

[Franzl]

kerry does have a primary challenger.  itd be nice to see a poll on that.

I still don't really understand why anyone would go up against someone like Kerry in a primary.

[WalterMitty]

kerry does have a primary challenger.  itd be nice to see a poll on that.

I still don't really understand why anyone would go up against someone like Kerry in a primary.

http://edoreilly.com/where-we-stand

[Small Business Owner of Any Repute]

kerry does have a primary challenger.  itd be nice to see a poll on that.

I still don't really understand why anyone would go up against someone like Kerry in a primary.

http://edoreilly.com/where-we-stand

I see O'Reilly is campaigning on the fact that he supports impeachment for Bush/Cheney but Kerry does not.  This will no doubt be a key issue when the Senate reconvenes in 2009.

[Small Business Owner of Any Repute]

Kerry has clearly done what he needs to at home and is now a safe bet for a trouble-free re-election.

Kerry hasn't done a damn thing other than "be a Democrat."  Which is all that you need here in Massachusetts, really.

[Eraserhead]

Kerry has clearly done what he needs to at home and is now a safe bet for a trouble-free re-election.

Kerry hasn't done a damn thing other than "be a Democrat."  Which is all that you need here in Massachusetts, really.

Kerry= magic. You know this to be true.

[DownWithTheLeft]

You forgot to include this part of the poll which I found interesting:

Also included in the survey was a question about a potential mystery challenger

If the United States senate election in Massachusetts were held today, whom would you vote for (candidates names swithced)

Sen. John Kerry (D) 42%
Prof. Joel Mahoney (R) 40%

Mahoney, a relative unknown professor from Tufts University, is viewed favorably by 62% of voters, and unfavorable by 14%, the rest said they had not heard of him but were sure he was for real