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Obama up in Massachusetts?

by minvis, Mon Feb 04, 2008 at 01:32:46 PM EST

Take it for what it's worth, but the latest poll out of Massachusetts has it Obama 46%, Clinton 44%.

http://www.suffolk.edu/offices/20580.htm l#anchor26797

The Kennedy endorsement seems to have had a big effect on these numbers.

The recent Kennedy endorsement is a key factor for Obama overall. Asked to size up the impact of three endorsements for Obama and Clinton, Democratic respondents cited Sen. Edward M. Kennedy's endorsement of Obama (43 percent) as the most influential, followed by Bill Clinton's of his wife (23 percent) and Oprah Winfrey's of Obama (9 percent).

Tags: Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Suffolk University, 2008 Democratic Primary (all tags)

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Re: Obama up in Massachusetts? (none / 0)

I have just stopped looking at polls since Friday, because these numbers have been unreliable and the numbers are just about everywhere.

The election is tomorrow, I think we can all wait and savor the moment then.

by American1989 on Mon Feb 04, 2008 at 01:37:48 PM EST

Re: Obama up in Massachusetts? (none / 0)

Yes we can!

by tom32182 on Mon Feb 04, 2008 at 01:38:07 PM EST

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Agreed. I just find it surprising since most of the polling previous to this in Massachusets had Hillary way ahead.

A great democracy must be progressive or it will soon cease to be a great democracy. - Teddy Roosevelt

by minvis on Mon Feb 04, 2008 at 01:39:01 PM EST

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I wouldn't give much credence to these numbers - Hillary has a good GOTV organization here in MA. She has the endorsement of the Mayor of Boston, the Speaker of the House, and a good amount of the congressional delegation. And Menino and DiMasi can help her alot on the ground.

by AnnC on Mon Feb 04, 2008 at 01:49:55 PM EST

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Wouldn't give much credence? Even if this is an outlier, to go from up 24 to down 2 in less than a week is a shock. Obviously, they have not polled this primary earlier, so we have no benchmark from them, but it seems clear that she probably won't run away with this primary tomorrow.

A great democracy must be progressive or it will soon cease to be a great democracy. - Teddy Roosevelt

by minvis on Mon Feb 04, 2008 at 02:16:03 PM EST
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Re: Obama up in Massachusetts? (none / 0)

If endorsement's matter, wouldn't the Patrick-Kerry-Kennedy endorsements be better than the mayor of boston?

by tom32182 on Mon Feb 04, 2008 at 02:22:33 PM EST

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