Senator Brown Leads Warren By 8 Points in WNEU Poll

Tuesday, March 06, 2012

GoLocalWorcester Political Team

WNEU's newest poll released Sunday show U.S. Senator Scott Brown (R-MA) with a 8-point lead over Democrat challenger Elizabeth Warren among registered voters.

Accroding to WNEU, "Brown held a five-point lead over Warren in a survey conducted by the Western New England University Polling Institute Sept. 29 – Oct. 5, 2011. The latest results suggest that Brown is making inroads among voters who identify themselves as Democrats, while maintaining his advantage among voters identifying as Republicans or independents."

The telephone survey of 527 adults who identified themselves as registered voters found Brown with support from 49 percent and Warren with 41 percent, while 10 percent were undecided. The poll, conducted Feb. 23 – March 1, 2012, has a margin of error of plus or minus 4.3 percentage points.