It’s Neck-and-Neck-and-Neck In Democrat Governor’s Race
by Matt Margolis, May 4th, 2006 at 01:02pm
CBS4Boston reports that a new poll shows all three Democrat candidates for governor are in a statistical tie for their party’s nomination.
An exclusive new poll in the Massachusetts governor’s race, shows a statistical tie between the three Democratic candidates.The poll of 421 likely Democratic voters found Tom Reilly just barely out in front with 32%, followed by Chris Gabrieli at 29% and Deval Patrick at 28%. The poll has a margin of error of 4.9%, putting all three candidates very much in the running.
Considering Gabrieli’s late entrance into the race, I am shocked he’s doing so well. Clearly, Massachusetts Democrats weren’t particularly loyal to Reilly or Patrick. A three-way tie indicates to me that none of the Democrats are particularly strong candidates.
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2 Comments
1. Daniel | May 4th, 2006 at 5:13 pm
Gabrielly picked up a lot of points because of his recent media buy. For the majority of voters who aren’t paying attention, he’s not a latecomer; he’s the first person they’ve paid attention to. Any poll at this point means very little (though that doesn’t stop us from analyzing the hell out of them).
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2. Bandit | May 5th, 2006 at 9:05 am
I agree it’s pretty surprising, it would indicate a lot of weakness for Reilly and Patrick support.