Shades of Blue
EmailWith an eye toward today's U.S. Senate election in Massachusetts, the Gallup Organization's Frank Newport has posted a useful piece describing political allegiance there. Aggregating Gallup's 2009 data, it shows that this oft-described "bluest of blue" states has no more self-identified Democrats than the country overall - rather, fewer Republicans and more independents.
Those independents disproportionately lean toward the Democratic Party, giving Massachusetts a net of 9 points more "leaned" Democrats than the country as a whole. (No coincidence, then, that President Obama’s been, on average, 10 points more popular in Massachusetts than nationally.) On one hand this gives the Democrats the clear advantage in the commonwealth; on the other, as Newport suggests, the lack of firm committment to the party helps explain why three of the state’s last four elected governors were Republicans.
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Voters must vote for the best person, not the political party.
It still comes down to who is going to best represent the people??????
Posted by: Rick McDaniel | January 19, 2010, 9:39 am 9:39 am
Does Massachusetts want to veer hard to the right with Scott Brown? Are they making a knee-jerk decision from a bad year? Will Brown throw a wrench into the Democrats engine? Will he magically create jobs? I don’t think so.
Posted by: Bob | January 19, 2010, 2:38 pm 2:38 pm
THANK GOD FOR SCOTT BROWN AND THE RESPONSIBLE PEOPLE OF MASSACHUSETTS. WE DON’T WANT HC JAMMED DOWN OUR THROATS.
The corrupt administration in Washington cost Coakley the election in Massachusetts — plain and simple. The lies, the health care, the lack of transparency, the arrogance were all against her. Throw in the LA purchase and the Nebraska bribe and that is when her poll numbers starting turning sour. But when Obama said Unions are exempt from the tax and other taxpayers would pay it, that did it. Obama came down and stumped for her. That was like pouring salt on a wound. They did it to themselves.
They are so totally out of touch with the voters. They don’t listen to us.
WASHINGTON: ARE YOU LISTENING? CAN YOU HEAR US YET? NO? MAYBE YOU WILL IN NOVEMBER!
Posted by: 1CAROLINAUNC | January 20, 2010, 2:01 pm 2:01 pm