Warren Leads Brown in Another Poll

By Julie Sobel  //  September 19, 2012 | 10:22 a.m.

Yet another poll is showing Elizabeth Warren edging GOP Sen. Scott Brown in the Massachusetts Senate race. A new WBUR-FM survey has the Democratic nominee leading Brown by 5 points.

Warren takes 47 percent in the poll to Brown's 42 percent, while 8 percent of respondents remain undecided. Brown's favorables remain solid: 52 percent to 30 percent unfavorable. Meanwhile, 48 percent indicate a favorable view of Warren while 32 percent view her unfavorably.

The poll comes on the heels of a Suffolk University/WHDH-TV poll released Tuesday night that had Warren leading Brown 48 percent to 44 percent; and a poll conducted by Western New England University released Sunday that showed Warren leading Brown 50 percent to 44 percent.

The last WBUR-FM poll was conducted back in February, and showed Warren leading Brown 46 percent to 43 percent.

The poll shows President Obama leading Mitt Romney 59 percent to 31 percent -- a bit less of a lead than the president had over the former Massachusetts governor in the Suffolk University/WHDH-TV poll, which had him up 33 points.

One question in the survey showed Warren with a big lead over Brown: on the matter of who will "stand up for women's interests when in the Senate," 54 percent say Warren while just 19 percent say Brown. Brown has been making a big push for female voters recently, releasing an ad last week called "Women for Brown." An area where Brown is beating Warren by a significant amount: "Has deep roots here in Massachusetts." 44 percent say Brown does, while just 13 percent say Warren does. The two candidates will square off in their first general election debate on Thursday night. The WBUR-FM poll was conducted September 15 - 17 by Mass INC Polling Group and surveyed 507 likely Massachusetts voters for a margin of error of plus-or-minus 4.4 percentage points.

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