Democrat Maura Healey starts off the general election for governor of Massachusetts with a major advantage over Republican Geoff Diehl, according to a new poll. The Suffolk University/Boston Globe/NBC10 Boston/Telemundo poll — which includes all the candidates who qualified for the November ballot — shows Healey with a 26-point lead […] Read more »
Massachusetts: As governor’s race comes into focus, it’s Maura Healey’s moment
As economic anxiety grows among Massachusetts voters, Attorney General Maura Healey would lead by a 2-to-1 margin over either potential Republican nominee for governor in a November matchup, a new Suffolk University/Boston Globe poll found, her advantages fueled by appeal among independent voters, the state’s most crucial bloc. The survey […] Read more »
Massachusetts: Maura Healey Holds Commanding Lead in Democratic Primary for Governor
Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey has opened up a 45-point lead over state Sen. Sonia Chang-Diaz in the race to be the Bay State’s Democratic nominee for governor, according to a poll released Tuesday by the Center for Public Opinion at the University of Massachusetts Lowell. The survey found Healey […] Read more »
A Tale of Two Midwestern Gerrymanders: Illinois and Ohio
Key Points• Gerrymanders by Democrats in Illinois and Republicans in Ohio seek to build upon their dominance of their respective states.• The Ohio Supreme Court could intervene against the GOP gerrymander there, which perhaps helps explain why Republicans were not as aggressive as they could have been, even though Republicans […] Read more »
Republicans increasingly look to ballot initiatives as way to enact voting measures
Republicans seeking to change state voting laws in the face of opposition from Democratic governors or unwilling legislatures are zeroing in on another path — enacting fresh restrictions via ballot initiatives. In Michigan and Pennsylvania, key battlegrounds that President Joe Biden flipped back blue in 2020, as well as in […] Read more »
Without Trump to kick around, GOP’s blue-state govs sink
As recently as October, Massachusetts Republican Gov. Charlie Baker was basking in his typically stratospheric poll ratings. More than 70 percent approved of his job performance. Roughly the same amount felt the same way about his handling of the Covid-19 crisis. Those were the days. Since then, Baker’s numbers have […] Read more »