p>Excellent news for Coakley (Coakley 57%, McKenna 31%, Undecided 12%) and for Galvin (Galvin 49%, Campbell 18%, Henderson 5%, Undecided 28%)
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p>Postive news for Grossman (Grossman 39%, Polito 36%, Undecided 25%) and probably a push for Bump (Bump 28%, Connaughton 26%, Fortune 5%, Undecided 40%).
christophersays
…but it seems like a lot of undecideds this close to the election.
marcus-gralysays
If even that. A lot of people don’t pay attention to them at all until they see the names on the ballot. This is why factors like party label and ballot position end up being much more important.
petrsays
We’re 4 days out. I don’t know about Christopher but I’ve been watching polls and elections for many years, and I don’t ever remember undecideds this high 4 days out…
christophersays
…since in the Treasurer’s race there has been a fair share of commercials. Coakley and Galvin have run ads as well. What surprises me is the lack of Auditor ads.
hoyapaulsays
Actually, while somewhat surprising, down-ballot races do tend to have a significant number of undecided voters very close to the election. The Suffolk poll released just one day before the election back in 2006 saw 27% undecided in the SoS race, 30% undecided for Treasurer, and 32% undecided for Auditor. So while unfortunate, it’s not really unprecedented.
christophersays
Maybe this is a case where party-driven GOTV really does matter. The party that does the better job pulling out their vote for higher-profile races may well win the others by default.
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p>Excellent news for Coakley (Coakley 57%, McKenna 31%, Undecided 12%) and for Galvin (Galvin 49%, Campbell 18%, Henderson 5%, Undecided 28%)
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p>Postive news for Grossman (Grossman 39%, Polito 36%, Undecided 25%) and probably a push for Bump (Bump 28%, Connaughton 26%, Fortune 5%, Undecided 40%).
…but it seems like a lot of undecideds this close to the election.
If even that. A lot of people don’t pay attention to them at all until they see the names on the ballot. This is why factors like party label and ballot position end up being much more important.
We’re 4 days out. I don’t know about Christopher but I’ve been watching polls and elections for many years, and I don’t ever remember undecideds this high 4 days out…
…since in the Treasurer’s race there has been a fair share of commercials. Coakley and Galvin have run ads as well. What surprises me is the lack of Auditor ads.
Actually, while somewhat surprising, down-ballot races do tend to have a significant number of undecided voters very close to the election. The Suffolk poll released just one day before the election back in 2006 saw 27% undecided in the SoS race, 30% undecided for Treasurer, and 32% undecided for Auditor. So while unfortunate, it’s not really unprecedented.
Maybe this is a case where party-driven GOTV really does matter. The party that does the better job pulling out their vote for higher-profile races may well win the others by default.