Massachusetts Senate Special Election: Markey (D) 52%, Gomez (R) 35%

[Arkana]

http://bostonherald.com/news_opinion/local_politics/2013/05/poll_markey_up_17_on_gomez_voters_unsure_about_gop_newcomer

No, it's not yet June, but this race isn't as close right now as the media wants you to think.

And Suffolk's got a good history in MA--they correctly called the last two Senate races and were pretty close on the margins.

[SunSeeker]

1. I hope Suffolk is more accurate than PPP's poll which had Colbert Busch up by 9. nt

[WI_DEM]

3. that wasn't there final poll was it?

[SunSeeker]

5. No, but PPP's poll 2 weeks later on the eve of the election had Sanford up by only 1.

He ended up winning by almost 10 points. Still pretty inaccurate. Wonder why PPP was so inaccurate in SC, considering how stellar its polls were in the presidential election.

[RBInMaine]

9. Specials can be tough to poll and it had him surging. PPP is pretty reliable.

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

10. PPP has been the most accurate poll lately. My guess is that PPP couldn't project voter turnout.

[Wounded Bear]

2. One would think that Massachussetts' fling with Repubs has run its course.

One would hope, anyway.

[BlueDemKev]

4. Don't let up ONE iota...

The Boston Globe had Martha CHOKE-ley leading Scott Brown by 15 points just nine days before their special election in Jan. 2010.

Every Democratic base-voter must get to the polls on election day.

When we vote, we win. When we stay home, we lose. It's that simple.

[Cha]

6. thanks for the poll, Arkana. GOTV Mass!

Love you, Mass

[Cha]

7. Don't know if this will hurt Gomez.. but.. "Gomez took a $281, 500 home tax deduction"..

Republican US Senate nominee Gabriel E. Gomez claimed a $281,500 income tax deduction in 2005 for pledging not to make any visible changes to the facade of his 112-year-old Cohasset home, a concession so valuable that it is classified as a charitable contribution under a federal law designed to protect historic homes.

But Gomez and his wife, Sarah, were already barred from making any changes to the exterior of their home under the bylaws of the local Historical Commission, raising the question as to whether their donation — the price of which is based on the loss of value in their real estate — had any monetary worth.

http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2013/05/08/gomez-claimed-controversial-tax-deduction-home/skZgaV3aBoGflKtR03ZEEJ/story.html?s_campaign=sm_tw

[NHDEMFORLIFE]

8. And the Boston Herald isn't exactly sympathetic to Democrats n/t

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