Wednesday, October 05, 2005

I'm talking about the attorney general and would-be governor, who's no relation.

A just-released UMass-Boston poll has Reilly looking like the Democrats' best gubernatorial bet. In a hypothetical matchup with Republican incumbent Mitt Romney, Reilly wins 53-38 percent. That's compared to a hypothetical 47-39 percent win back in June. Meanwhile, Deval Patrick-- Reilly's sole declared Democratic competitor--loses to Romney, 42-37 percent. (In June, UMass had Romney winning this hypothetical matchup, 39-34 percent.) As for potential Democratic candidate Bill Galvin, he bests Romney as well, 46-42 percent.

Romney, of course, will likely have dropped all pretense of seeking re-election by next November to devote himself to full-time presidential campaigning. But if lieutenant governor Kerry Healey's the Republican nominee, Reilly still looks stronger than Patrick, crushing the LG 53-28 percent. Patrick ekes out a hypothetical 37-34 percent win over Healey, with 29 percent of respondents undecided, and Galvin tops Healey 46-33 percent.

There are plenty of other interesting numbers worth pondering. But the most intriguing may be this: Asked how likely they'd be to support a proposed state constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage--which could go to voters in 2008--30 percent said "very," 10 percent said "somewhat," 9 percent said "not very," and 49 percent said "not at all."

Looks like both Tom Reilly and the pro-gay marriage forces are doing something right.

10/5/2005 10:00:00 PM by Adam | Comments [0] |  
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