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Toplines - Massachusetts Senate Race - August 5, 2008

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Massachusetts

Survey of 500 Likely Voters

August 5, 2008

1* How do you rate the way that Deval Patrick is performing his role as Governor? Excellent, good, fair, or poor?

9% Excellent

32% Good

32% Fair

25% Poor

3% Not Sure

2* 2008 Senate Election

Kerry

56%

Beatty

29%

Other

5%

Not sure

10%

3* Favorables for Senate Candidates

Kerry

Beatty

Very Favorable

24%

5%

Somewhat Favorable

35%

25%

Somewhat Unfavorable

18%

16%

Very Unfavorable

20%

13%

Not sure

2%

41%



4* Senator Kerry was the last Democratic Presidential nominee in 2004. What do you think his party status is today?

23% A top leader in the Democratic Party

22% An embarrassment in the Democratic Party

49% An average Democratic Senator

6% Not sure

5* If Barack Obama wins in November, do you think Deval Patrick would leave the State House to join an Obama administration?

43% Yes

23% No

35% Not sure

NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 4.5 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence