TO: Interested Parties

FROM: Christina Coloroso, DCCC Director of Targeting and Analytics

RE: MA-06 Poll Results: Moulton Leads Tisei by 8 Points
DATE: September 13, 2014


Democrat and veteran U.S. Marine Captain Seth Moulton enters the general election with an
early lead over Republican Richard Tisei, according to a recent DCCC survey of likely general
election voters in Massachusetts 6
th
Congressional District.
In the congressional matchup, Moulton leads Tisei by 8 points (49% to 41%), with just 10% of
voters still undecided. Moulton enjoys especially strong margins among must-win groups within
the likely electorate, namely women (+11 point lead over Tisei) and older voters (+5 point lead
over Tisei).

For a first-time candidate,
Moulton has been
incredibly successful
sharing his personal story
and connecting with
voters across the district.
Of the 60% of voters
already familiar with him,
the rate of those who
hold a favorable opinion
of him is impressively four
times as high as the rate
of those who hold an
unfavorable view. By
comparison, Tisei, a third
time nominee in the district (once for U.S. Congress, once for Massachusetts Lieutenant
Governor) is a known quantity; however voters opinions of him are mixed.

Massachusetts 6
th
Congressional District is a true swing district. President Obama carried the
district in 2012 with 55.5% of the major party vote.

The data in this memo is from a survey of 432 likely 2014 general election voters conducted
September 13, 2014 in Massachusetts 6
th
Congressional District. The margin of error is 4.7
percent.