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Polling, like everything else, is moving online

Polling, like everything else, is moving online

It turns out initial Markey-Kennedy survey was no outlier

By Steve Koczela and Richard Parr Elections 0 Comments Sep 9, 2019

HE’S NOT EVEN officially running, but we now have two polls showing Rep. Joe Kennedy III with a sizable lead over Sen. Ed Markey in the Democratic primary for US Senate. The first, from Change Research, showed Kennedy with an eye-popping 17 point lead. That margin raised questions about how seriously to take an online(...)

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