January 15, 2010
Poll: Brown Up 15% Over Coakley?!?!?
What. The. Frak? PJM:
A new poll taken Thursday evening for Pajamas Media by CrossTarget – an Alexandria VA survey research firm – shows Scott Brown, a Republican, leading Martha Coakley, a Democrat, by 15.4% in Tuesday’s special election for the open Massachusetts US Senate seat. The poll of 946 likely voters was conducted by telephone using interactive voice technology (IVR) and has a margin of error of +/- 3.19%.Go check out the polling results and the rest of the story over at PJM.
That's the second poll in a row showing Brown up in MA. Yesterday's Suffolk University/7News poll had Brown up by 4 -- within the margin of error. PJM's poll has Brown up well outside the margin of error.
I know the first instinct will be to dismiss PJM's poll as an outlier because it was sponsored by a right-leaning organization. But consider these two facts:
a) PJM's poll had a larger sample size than Suffolk's, meaning the margin of error is less.
b) Democrats outnumbered Republicans in the poll by 16%.
Three exit questions: 1) Is there life after death? 2) Is there a system of punishments and rewards after death -- ie, heaven and hell? 3) Is it out of the realm of possibilities for a just God to punish Ted Kennedy by letting him watch the Brown/Coakley drama unfold?
Because that visual, my friends, puts a smile on my face.
