Poll Watch: UNH/Boston Globe Massachusetts Gubernatorial Survey

UNH/Boston Globe Massachusetts Gubernatorial Survey

• Deval Patrick (D) 43% [35%] (38%)
• Charlie Baker (R) 39% [34%] (31%)
• Tim Cahill (I) 8% [11%] (9%)
• Jill Stein (G) 2% [4%] (2%)
• Other 1% [2%] (2%)
• Don't know 8% [14%] (17%)

Favorable / Unfavorable {Net}

• Deval Patrick 49% [44%] (44%) / 43% [43%] (47%) {+6%}
• Charlie Baker 38% [33%] (21%) / 40% [25%] (20%) {-2%}
• Jill Stein 16% [14%] / 24% [18%] {-8%}
• Tim Cahill 24% [27%] (22%) / 46% [33%] (32%) {-22%}

Do you approve or disapprove of the way Deval Patrick is handling his job as governor?

• Approve 44% [41%] (41%)
• Disapprove 49% [49%] (51%)

Survey of 519 likely voters was conducted October 17-22, 2010. The margin of error is +/- 4.3 percentage points.  Results from the poll conducted September 17-22, 2010 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted June 17-23, 2010 are in parentheses.