U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren holds a “comfortable” lead over Republican challenger John Deaton in her bid to win a 3rd time period as a Massachusetts senator, in accordance with a University of New Hampshire ballot launched Thursday.
The survey of 596 seemingly voters between Sept. 12 and Sept. 16 discovered that if the election for U.S. Senate had been held in the present day, 58% of these polled would forged their poll for Warren whereas 32% would again Deaton, an legal professional and veteran who moved to Massachusetts this 12 months from Rhode Island.
“Warren enjoys the support of nearly all self-described progressives (99%) and liberals (96%) in the state, along with a majority of socialists (69%) and moderates (59%),” the ballot mentioned. “Deaton garners support from most libertarians (73%) and conservatives (71%).”
One other 7% of these surveyed would vote for an additional candidate whereas 3% of seemingly voters are not sure who they might again, in accordance with the ballot. Greater than 90% of Democrats and 47% of Independents assist Warren whereas 91% of Republicans assist Deaton, the survey mentioned.
Spokespeople for Deaton and Warren didn’t instantly reply to Herald inquiries Friday morning.
Warren mechanically superior to the November election throughout her Democratic main this month as a result of she confronted no challenger.
Deaton beat out two different conservatives — Quincy Metropolis Councilor Ian Cain and industrial engineer Bob Antonellis — throughout his Republican main. Deaton earned greater than 64% of the 217,963 votes forged in comparison with Antonellis’ 25% and Cain’s 9%, in accordance with state knowledge.
The ballot was not all excellent news for Warren.
It discovered that the two-term Democrat from Cambridge is a “polarizing figure” in Massachusetts, with solely 46% of seemingly voters holding a good opinion of her and 35% holding an unfavorable opinion.
It additionally recognized a problem for Deaton.
“Deaton is not well known among Massachusetts voters: 25% have (a favorable) opinion of him, 18% have an unfavorable opinion of him, 15% are neutral, and 42% don’t know enough about him to say,” the ballot mentioned. “Deaton is popular among Republicans but is somewhat unpopular among Democrats while Independents are largely neutral.”
Deaton might have an opportunity to alter that within the coming months.
Warren has proposed two debates in October hosted in Boston and Springfield whereas Deaton has referred to as on her to take part in 5 single-issue bouts on immigration, the financial system, earnings inequality, international wars, and reproductive rights.
“We’ve accepted two general election debates in Boston and Springfield because the people of Massachusetts deserve a substantive policy conversation about abortion rights, the Supreme Court, funding for Medicare and Social Security, and other issues critical to our country’s future. We look forward to debating, and expect our Republican opponent to agree,” Warren’s marketing campaign supervisor Janice Rottenberg mentioned in an announcement earlier this month.
