KRC/Communications Research - September 2007
Q1.  In terms of the following categories, how old are you?
																			VOTE	VOTE	FOR IN	MASS
		GEN	DER		AGE		E	DUCATI	ON			REGION				VOT	ER		PRMRY	DEMOC	RATIC	PRIMRY
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	TOTAL	MALE	FMALE	18-39	40-64	65+	HS	COLL	PG	SFFLK	NRFLK	NE	SE	WEST	ALL	DEM	IND	GOP	LIKLY	CLNTN	OBAMA	UNDEC
	-----	-----	-----	-----	-----	-----	-----	-----	-----	-----	-----	-----	-----	-----	-----	-----	-----	-----	-----	-----	-----	-----
BASE = Total Answering	400	192	208	72	256	71	96	204	96	44	41	135	81	98	349	122	164	46	239	98	45	39
	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%
NO ANSWER
Under 18
18-29	6.9%	6.5%	7.2%	38.1%			8.0%	7.1%	5.7%	12.9%	9.3%	5.6%	9.6%	2.7%	5.3%	1.8%	6.8%	7.5%	4.8%	5.7%	8.7%	2.9%
30-39	11.2%	13.4%	9.2%	61.9%			4.2%	11.9%	16.2%	11.9%	18.9%	8.0%	11.3%	12.1%	9.4%	9.0%	8.0%	9.5%	8.9%	8.4%	11.6%	7.6%
40-49	31.2%	30.8%	31.5%		48.6%		27.1%	33.4%	29.9%	20.8%	25.5%	31.3%	31.9%	37.4%	33.4%	31.5%	32.9%	41.5%	33.5%	29.0%	42.4%	37.7%
50-64	33.0%	33.9%	32.1%		51.4%		29.1%	31.6%	41.1%	32.7%	34.5%	35.9%	28.9%	31.7%	34.9%	35.2%	39.2%	28.4%	36.8%	40.0%	28.7%	33.2%
65 and over	17.8%	15.3%	20.1%			100.0%	31.7%	16.0%	7.1%	21.7%	11.8%	19.3%	18.4%	16.1%	17.0%	22.5%	13.1%	13.1%	15.9%	16.8%	8.6%	18.6%
Don't know
Refused
KRC/Communications Research - September 2007
Q2.  Do you think things in Massachusetts are generally going in the right direction or are they seriously off on the wrong track?
																			VOTE	VOTE	FOR IN	MASS
		GEN	DER		AGE		E	DUCATI	ON			REGION				VOT	ER		PRMRY	DEMOC	RATIC	PRIMRY
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	TOTAL	MALE	FMALE	18-39	40-64	65+	HS	COLL	PG	SFFLK	NRFLK	NE	SE	WEST	ALL	DEM	IND	GOP	LIKLY	CLNTN	OBAMA	UNDEC
	-----	-----	-----	-----	-----	-----	-----	-----	-----	-----	-----	-----	-----	-----	-----	-----	-----	-----	-----	-----	-----	-----
BASE = Total Answering	400	192	208	72	256	71	96	204	96	44	41	135	81	98	349	122	164	46	239	98	45	39
	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%
NO ANSWER
Right direction	40.5%	38.6%	42.2%	49.5%	38.0%	40.3%	35.3%	41.4%	43.5%	50.8%	42.3%	35.6%	29.2%	51.1%	41.9%	48.7%	42.6%	32.0%	49.4%	52.8%	49.0%	39.0%
Wrong track	41.1%	46.9%	35.8%	33.7%	44.1%	37.9%	43.8%	43.7%	33.5%	30.4%	37.8%	45.5%	48.7%	35.0%	39.9%	30.5%	42.7%	62.4%	33.7%	31.6%	30.9%	28.2%
In between	11.0%	10.8%	11.2%	8.8%	13.1%	5.7%	8.1%	9.2%	18.1%	7.2%	14.9%	10.7%	16.3%	7.0%	11.1%	13.5%	10.7%	5.6%	12.3%	9.2%	16.0%	20.2%
Don't know	6.9%	3.2%	10.4%	8.0%	4.5%	14.8%	11.7%	5.2%	4.9%	7.1%	5.0%	8.2%	5.7%	6.9%	7.1%	7.2%	3.9%		4.7%	6.4%	4.1%	12.6%
Refused	0.5%	0.5%	0.5%		0.4%	1.4%	1.1%	0.5%		4.6%
KRC/Communications Research - September 2007
Q3.  What do you think is the most important issue facing Massachusetts today?
																			VOTE	VOTE	FOR IN	MASS
		GEN	DER		AGE		E	DUCATI	ON			REGION				VOT	ER		PRMRY	DEMOC	RATIC	PRIMRY
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	TOTAL	MALE	FMALE	18-39	40-64	65+	HS	COLL	PG	SFFLK	NRFLK	NE	SE	WEST	ALL	DEM	IND	GOP	LIKLY	CLNTN	OBAMA	UNDEC
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BASE = Total Answering	400	192	208	72	256	71	96	204	96	44	41	135	81	98	349	122	164	46	239	98	45	39
	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%
Taxes	17.7%	22.7%	13.1%	14.5%	18.7%	17.2%	18.0%	19.8%	12.3%	13.5%	13.2%	18.9%	22.7%	15.5%	18.8%	12.7%	21.7%	32.1%	15.3%	15.5%	10.8%	18.1%
Health care/health insurance/health plan	14.7%	9.8%	19.2%	11.2%	14.4%	19.3%	20.7%	15.2%	7.2%	11.9%	16.6%	9.9%	22.3%	15.6%	14.9%	21.5%	13.6%	7.6%	18.6%	17.6%	29.5%	21.4%
Education	13.4%	9.5%	16.9%	14.9%	13.9%	9.8%	5.0%	15.0%	16.9%	16.4%	18.9%	7.8%	9.6%	20.5%	12.5%	15.3%	14.1%	3.8%	14.7%	16.1%	11.0%	5.2%
The economy	9.5%	9.9%	9.2%	11.8%	9.7%	6.7%	6.8%	10.7%	10.2%	7.5%	5.0%	14.2%	7.4%	7.8%	9.2%	7.3%	10.8%	7.6%	9.5%	11.4%	9.0%	9.5%
Unemployment/jobs/joblessness	7.4%	5.7%	9.0%	7.0%	9.2%	1.3%	12.2%	5.3%	7.4%	7.3%	13.7%	2.9%	6.1%	12.3%	7.4%	7.2%	5.1%	11.3%	6.4%	3.4%	4.9%	7.1%
Affordable housing	4.1%	5.3%	3.0%		6.4%		2.0%	3.9%	6.8%	7.0%		5.8%	3.3%	2.7%	4.4%	4.5%	2.3%	5.7%	3.0%	4.3%	6.3%
Casino gambling	3.8%	5.3%	2.3%	5.4%	2.8%	5.6%	3.1%	3.9%	4.3%	4.3%	4.6%	2.2%	5.3%	4.1%	3.7%	4.6%	4.6%		5.1%	3.9%	6.6%	5.7%
Crime	2.9%	2.0%	3.7%	2.8%	3.3%	1.4%	2.9%	2.8%	3.2%	11.2%	2.4%	2.9%	1.1%	0.9%	2.5%	1.8%	3.4%	1.8%	2.5%	1.9%	2.4%	7.1%
The state government fiscal situation/budget deficit	2.6%	4.0%	1.4%	1.3%	3.4%	1.2%	2.1%	2.3%	3.9%		4.5%	3.5%	3.8%	1.0%	3.0%	1.8%	4.6%	1.9%	2.9%	3.1%	8.4%	2.8%
Gay marriage/civil unions	2.1%	1.5%	2.8%	4.0%	2.2%		2.0%	2.4%	1.9%		2.2%	5.7%			1.6%	0.9%	1.7%	3.8%	0.8%	2.1%
Dealing with Big Dig/Central Artery construction/tolls	1.8%	2.1%	1.5%		2.3%	1.5%	1.1%	1.9%	2.2%	2.5%	7.1%	0.8%	1.2%	1.0%	2.0%	2.7%	2.3%		2.9%	4.1%
Deval Patrick's performance as governor	1.5%	2.2%	0.9%	1.5%	1.2%	2.8%	1.2%	1.4%	2.1%			0.7%	2.8%	2.9%	1.7%	2.7%	1.2%	1.8%	1.4%	2.3%	2.5%	2.4%
Politicians / Beacon Hill	1.5%	2.1%	0.9%		1.1%	4.1%	2.1%	0.9%	2.1%			1.3%	1.1%	3.2%	1.7%	1.8%	1.1%	3.8%	1.7%	3.2%	2.0%
Environment	1.4%	2.6%	0.4%	4.2%	1.1%		1.0%	0.9%	3.0%		2.3%	2.0%	1.4%	1.0%	1.6%	0.9%	2.3%	1.8%	1.7%			2.4%
Immigration	1.4%	2.5%	0.4%	2.7%	1.5%		1.0%	1.4%	2.1%	2.1%		2.8%	1.3%		1.4%	0.9%	1.1%	3.8%	1.2%	1.1%
Homelessness	1.2%		2.4%		0.7%	4.3%	2.1%	1.4%			2.2%	1.5%	1.3%	0.9%	1.4%	1.8%	1.7%		1.6%	0.9%
Roads/Bridges	1.2%	1.5%	0.9%	1.3%	1.2%	1.2%		1.9%	1.0%	2.2%		1.4%	2.4%		1.4%	0.9%	1.7%	1.8%	1.6%	4.0%
Welfare reform	0.5%	0.5%	0.5%		0.3%	1.5%			2.0%	2.5%		0.6%			0.6%	0.9%		1.9%	0.5%
Drugs	0.3%	0.6%			0.4%				1.2%			0.8%			0.3%	0.9%			0.5%
Abortion	0.3%	0.5%		1.4%				0.5%				0.8%
War/security against terrorism	0.2%	0.5%			0.3%		0.9%					0.6%			0.2%			1.9%
Other	3.2%	4.6%	2.0%	2.6%	3.1%	4.3%	4.1%	2.5%	3.9%	2.3%		3.6%	3.8%	3.8%	2.8%	2.7%	3.4%	1.9%	3.7%	2.1%	2.5%	4.8%
Don't know	7.3%	4.8%	9.5%	13.3%	2.7%	17.6%	11.8%	5.8%	6.1%	9.4%	7.4%	9.2%	3.3%	6.8%	6.9%	6.3%	3.4%	5.6%	4.4%	3.0%	4.1%	13.6%
KRC/Communications Research - September 2007
Q4.  Favorability Ratings:  Deval Patrick
																			VOTE	VOTE	FOR IN	MASS
		GEN	DER		AGE		E	DUCATI	ON			REGION				VOT	ER		PRMRY	DEMOC	RATIC	PRIMRY
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	TOTAL	MALE	FMALE	18-39	40-64	65+	HS	COLL	PG	SFFLK	NRFLK	NE	SE	WEST	ALL	DEM	IND	GOP	LIKLY	CLNTN	OBAMA	UNDEC
	-----	-----	-----	-----	-----	-----	-----	-----	-----	-----	-----	-----	-----	-----	-----	-----	-----	-----	-----	-----	-----	-----
BASE = Total Answering	400	192	208	72	256	71	96	204	96	44	41	135	81	98	349	122	164	46	239	98	45	39
	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%
NO ANSWER
Extremely Favorable	7.4%	6.1%	8.7%	8.4%	7.1%	7.7%	7.3%	7.2%	7.5%	23.7%	4.6%	4.2%	8.1%	5.3%	7.4%	14.4%	4.0%	3.7%	10.1%	13.8%	9.3%
Favorable	49.7%	45.3%	53.8%	45.4%	50.2%	52.2%	47.5%	47.4%	58.0%	53.5%	51.6%	47.8%	44.8%	53.9%	51.0%	61.3%	51.1%	24.4%	59.9%	59.0%	69.1%	54.3%
No Opinion	13.0%	10.2%	15.5%	13.4%	12.3%	15.2%	19.2%	13.7%	5.6%	6.6%	18.5%	12.5%	14.0%	13.4%	11.8%	7.3%	13.1%	7.5%	9.4%	9.0%	4.1%	15.6%
Unfavorable	19.4%	24.1%	15.1%	16.9%	22.4%	11.2%	18.1%	21.1%	17.9%	11.3%	13.6%	21.0%	27.1%	17.0%	20.5%	11.7%	23.3%	37.9%	16.0%	14.0%	15.4%	22.5%
Extremely Unfavorable	9.4%	13.3%	5.9%	14.5%	7.6%	10.6%	6.6%	10.6%	10.1%	4.9%	9.1%	12.3%	5.9%	10.5%	8.5%	3.6%	8.0%	26.5%	3.8%	3.2%	2.1%	2.4%
Don't Know	1.0%	1.0%	1.0%	1.4%	0.4%	3.0%	1.1%		1.0%		2.6%	2.3%			0.9%	1.8%	0.6%		0.8%	1.1%		5.2%
Refused
NET: FAVORABLE	57.2%	51.4%	62.5%	53.8%	57.3%	59.9%	54.8%	54.6%	65.4%	77.2%	56.2%	52.0%	53.0%	59.2%	58.3%	75.7%	55.0%	28.1%	69.9%	72.8%	78.4%	54.3%
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NET: UNFAVORABLE	28.8%	37.4%	21.0%	31.4%	30.0%	21.8%	24.8%	31.7%	28.0%	16.3%	22.7%	33.3%	33.1%	27.4%	29.0%	15.3%	31.3%	64.4%	19.8%	17.2%	17.5%	24.9%
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KRC/Communications Research - September 2007
Q5.  Favorability Ratings:  Bill Belichick
																			VOTE	VOTE	FOR IN	MASS
		GEN	DER		AGE		E	DUCATI	ON			REGION				VOT