October 30, 2014 PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: Aishwarya Ramani aishwarya_ramani@emerson.edu www.theecps.com

Emerson College Poll: Poll suggests

Coakley Can’t Close the Gap

on Baker in Massachusetts Governor race. Tisei holds strong against Moulton for Congress, Chapman Fades

BOSTON, Mass. (Oct. 30): In the Massachusetts governor’s race, it’s looking like “deja vu all over again” for Democratic Attorney Gen eral Martha Coak

ley. With less than a week to Election Day, an Emerson College Polling Society survey shows that Coakley, who suffered an epic fade in the 2010 special election for the U.S. Senate, is trailing her Republican opponent Charlie Baker by 6 points, 48% to 42%. Independent Evan Falchuk draws 4% of the vote. In other competitive races, Republican Richard Tisei remains 2 points ahead of Seth Moulton in the 6th District (42% to 40%). Democrat incumbent Bill Keating has opened a 5-point lead over Republican John Chapman (46% to 41%) in the 9th Congressional District. The enthusiasm gap throughout the state favors the Republicans next Tuesday. Voters who said they are more enthusias

tic about this year’s election

favor Baker over Coakley by a 60% to 35% margin..

Most ominous for Coakley in the governor’s race, many of

underlying trends noted in the polling data

point toward a Baker victory. Among the Bay State’s large

population of independents, Baker holds a 2-1 edge (60% to 29%), a strong indicator of success for any Republican trying to win statewide office in liberal Massachusetts. Cross-over voters also lean his way, with 19% of Democrats saying they will vote for him, as compared to only 5% of Republicans who plan to vote for Coakley. Survey participants continue to view Baker more favorably than Coakley. His favorable/unfavorable ratio is 53% to 35% compared to her 45% to 47%.

President’s Obama’s plummeting

popularity might be hurting the Democrat candidates; since an October 15

ECPS poll, the president’s unfavorable rating in the