From: Tom Jensen, Director of Public Policy Polling To: Interested Parties Subject: Markeys lead expands to 7 points

Date: May 16th, 2013 Public Policy Pollings newest survey of the US Senate election in Massachusetts finds Ed Markeys lead over Gabriel Gomez growing to 7 points at 48/41, up from a 4 point margin right after the primary election 2 weeks ago. Key findings from the survey include: -Markeys consolidating his party base, going from a 68/21 lead with Democratic voters two weeks ago to a 77/12 one now. That suggests that voters who supported Stephen Lynch in the primary election are starting to unify more around Markey now. -Markeys 14% of the Republican vote is actually more than the 12% of Democrats that Gomez is winning over. For a GOP candidate to have any shot in a state like Massachusetts they need to win more voters across party lines than they lose of their own. -Gomezs net favorability has declined by 6 points in the last two weeks from +14 at 41/27 previously to now +8 at 42/34. Most notably hes gone from 33/32 with Democrats right after the primary to now 20/52, suggesting that the more Democrats learn about him the less crossover appeal he has. PPP interviewed 880 likely voters from May 13th to 15th with a margin of error of +/3.3% on behalf of the League of Conservation Voters.

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