Massachusetts Senate 2012 poll: Elizabeth Warren leads Scott Brown by 7
Democratic challenger Elizabeth Warren has a 7-point lead a week from Election Day in her effort to unseat Sen. Scott Brown (R-Mass.), according to a poll released Tuesday.
The Suffolk University poll has Warren leading Brown, 53 percent to 46 percent. A bare majority of Massachusetts voters — 51 percent — have a favorable opinion of the Harvard Law professor, compared with 45 percent who have a favorable opinion of Brown. Only 30 percent have a negative opinion of Warren, compared with 42 percent who have an unfavorable opinion of the incumbent.
Brown has been hammering Warren in recent months over her claim to Native American heritage and her work as a bankruptcy lawyer for some large corporations. But the assault has had little impact, according to the poll. Fifty-four percent of voters said Warren is who “she says she is,” and only 32 percent think her academic career benefited from the heritage claim. Voters trust Warren more to tell the truth, 42 percent to 34 percent.
The poll is in line with most recent polling, which has shown Warren with a steady edge. But a Boston Globe poll released Monday had the two candidates knotted up, each receiving 47 percent of the vote.
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Morning Joe has his head up his behind?....
Not just this one. Within the same day there are polls saying Warren is behind, ahead, tied. Same for Obama and Romney.
