This article originally appeared on CommonWealthMagazine.org
WHEN THE DEBATE over the Blunt Amendment was underway, I received a number of calls from reporters looking for any insight on how the Massachusetts Senate race might be breaking by religion. Until the Blunt Amendment controversy, we had not been collecting religious affiliation in our demographic information, and neither were the other pollsters who had worked… Read the rest
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Catholic voters tilt toward Brown overall, but diverge by race/ethnicity
The Massachusetts Senate race is still very close, with 43 percent supporting Elizabeth Warren and 41 percent for Senator Scott Brown, according to polling data released today by The MassINC Polling Group (MPG). Senator Brown (46 percent) has a… Read the rest
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MAY 2, 2012
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Confidence levels remain substantially higher than in late 2011
Consumer confidence has remained roughly even in the second quarter, after soaring higher in the first quarter, according to new data released today by The MassINC Polling Group (MPG). Massachusetts residents still report current weakness in their personal finances, but see positive… Read the rest
This article originally appeared on CommonwealthMagazine.org
EVERY FOUR YEARS, Granite State residents are bombarded with calls from political pollsters, gauging the state of the first-in-the-nation presidential primary. Then, but a few months later, the shelling begins again, with general election polls flying thick and fast. This is to say nothing of each side’s get-out-the-vote calls, and the various other calls which are made in the… Read the rest
A majority of Massachusetts residents continue to believe that global warming has been happening, according to a new survey released by the MassINC Polling Group (MPG). This sentiment has gone largely unchanged in the year since The MassINC Polling Group began tracking this question. These results are also in line with a survey conducted by Stanford University which reported that 84% of Massachusetts residents believe… Read the rest