Rasmussen has polling data from last night’s election:
Fifty-two percent (52%) of Brown voters say it was the most important issue in determining their vote. Sixty-three percent (63%) of Coakley voters say health care was the top issue:
· 78% of Brown voters Strongly Oppose the health care legislation before Congress.
· 52% of Coakley supporters Strongly Favor the health care plan. Another 41% Somewhat Favor the legislation.
· 61% of Brown voters say deficit reduction is more important than health care reform.
· 46% of Coakley voters say health care legislation more important than deficit reduction.
· 86% of Coakley voters say it’s better to pass the bill before Congress rather than nothing at all.
· 88% of Brown voters say it’s better to pass nothing at all.
Results include:
- Brown leads among middle-income voters ($40,000 to $100,000).
- Coakley leads among those at upper and lower end of income range.
- Brown leads by 13% among political moderates.
- Among those who decided how they would vote in the past few days, Coakley has a slight edge, 47% to 41%.
- Coakley also has a big advantage among those who made up their mind more than a month ago.
- Seventy-six percent (76%) of voters for Brown said they were voting for him rather than against Coakley.
- Sixty-six percent (66%) of Coakley voters said they were voting for her rather than against Brown.
22% of Democrats voted for Brown. That is generally consistent with pre-election polling.
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