At 3:00 this afternoon the Democratic Results from the Suffolk/USA Today Poll were released from embargo. Herewith the questions as worded and the numbers: If the Democratic Primary for President was held today, and the candidates were … [Read more...]

Courtesy of the Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center, herewith a comparison (by aggregate and category) of the House and Senate versions of the 2016 State Budget in constant 2015 dollars; with 2001 and 2009 final budget numbers for … [Read more...]

Just to shed a little empirical light on a discussion occurring elsewhere,  here are cross-tabulations by party and gender from the most recentWBUR/MassInc poll, limited to comparing Governor Baker with Elizabeth Warren among the … [Read more...]

From Politico: The Justice Department has subpoenaed records on the Massachusetts Health Connector, Gov. Charlie Baker’s office confirmed Thursday. The subpoena from the U.S. Attorney’s office relates to technical problems at the exchange … [Read more...]

  CNN released a poll today.  The headline refers to a Jeb Bush surge.  That said, I was more interested in the cross-tabs for Democratic candidates by race and gender. An asterix refers to "under one percent … [Read more...]