MA-Gov: 46% Patrick (D), 39% Baker (R), 10% Cahill (I) (Suffolk 10/10-12)

Suffolk University
10/10-12/10; 500 registered voters, 4.4% margin of error
Mode: Live telephone interviews
Suffolk release

Massachusetts

2010 Governor
46% Patrick (D), 39% Baker (R), 10% Cahill (I), 1% Stein (G) (chart)

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[Rightbrainedleftwinged]

07:20 PM on 10/14/2010

Field Marshall should work for the ad agency that is running John Raese's campaign with his stereotyping Vermonters as nothing but "Cows and hippies without phones". At least if you do join his campaign find some real Vermonters for Dubie to play that part of cows and hippies.

[Rightbrainedleftwinged]

05:09 PM on 10/14/2010

I was personally annoyed at Patrick when he allowed the Scott Brown election to be in January. At the time I thought it was almost a "inside job" from the RNC paying them off. Patrick unlike Manchin wasn't going to take a chance running himself for Kennedy's senate seat, so they should have waited until this November.

Cahill being a south Boston native has taken a lot of traditionally conservative Democratic votes from Patrick, just as many quiet Republicans throughout the whole state. The Mass republican leaners are still like a true "silent majority" since they know they are outnumbered by the Democrats being a big political machine in Mass.

[Jason Potteiger]

12:33 PM on 10/14/2010

If anyone’s interested you can find our (Suffolk's) full results and further analysis here: http://apollsteronpolling.wordpress.com/

[AaronTX]

09:51 AM on 10/14/2010

Patrick's had about the same 5-7 point lead for months now.

[Rightbrainedleftwinged]

09:41 AM on 10/14/2010

Patrick has been on top for awhile, and so he and other New England Democrats have run strong campaigns due to the Scott Brown shocker and not taking anything for granted and campaigning just as hard in New England just as someone in a conservative swing state like Missouri or Ohio. You give the right wing an opening by sitting on the sidelines and they will take advantage every time.

Other than Maine there is still a possibility of Democrats Sweeping New England and NY state this Fall. I am still waiting on a poll for the Vermont governor's race. I think these pollsters automatically think VT is such a liberal and far left state, they don't bother polling it, but again they have polled far more predictable rural Republican states like Idaho and Wyoming, why not Vermont?

[Field Marshall]

10:57 AM on 10/14/2010

Because you cannot poll cows and hippies without phones.

[Jason Potteiger]

12:34 PM on 10/14/2010

True, we typically rely on carrier pidgins, smoke signals and the pony express...