Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) has become a national figure for progressivism, but in her home state, voters are unsure if she deserves to be re-elected in 2018.
A WBUR poll released on Monday found that only 44 percent of Massachusetts voters believed that Warren should be re-elected in 2018. A plurality, 46 percent, said that someone else deserved a chance.
Millennials were the group least supportive of Warren, despite being the most progressive. Only 30 percent of young voters felt that the Senator should be re-elected in 2018. By contrast, senior citizens were the strongest supporters of Warren with 51 percent saying she deserved to go back to Washington for a second term.
A third of Democrats and nearly half of independents also believed Warren didn’t deserve to be re-elected.
No Democrats have announced any intention of challenging Warren in a primary, but several Republicans including State Reps. Geoff Diehl and Daniel Winslow, as well as former Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling, are looking at a possible run in the Bay State. |