Democratic polling firm Public Policy Polling is reporting Deval Patrick's approval ratings are dead last among Governors, coming in at a lowly 22%. The Massachusetts Republican Party released a statement from Massachusetts Republican Party Chair Jennifer Nassour, saying "It's confirmed: Deval Patrick is the worst governor in America” and that Patrick has been “more concerned with getting his political supporters state jobs and growing the size of government than helping create private sector jobs." PPP has been notably reliable in recent years -- the Wall Street Journal found PPPs polling among the best in the 2008 election cycle and hit the Brown-Coakley contest exactly.
On January 12, PPP opined Patrick’s then 2-point lead over Charlie Baker didn't t look “particularly sustainable.” That poll put Patrick at 29%, Charlie Baker at 27% and Cahill at 21%. PPP noted even then that undecided voters (who broke strongly for Scott Brown a week later on January 19) were 7% for Patrick and a massive 72% against. The keys in the Patrick-Baker contest seem to be 1) whether Cahill stays in the race (if he drops, Baker is way ahead) and 2) whether Patrick can succeed where Coakley failed so miserably and hold the independents needed to win.
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