POLITICO Massachusetts Playbook: Boston’s mayoral race by the numbers
By Kelly Garrity GOOD TO HEAR POLL NUMBERS! THE NEWTON NEBBISH IS A CARPETBAGGER, LIGHT ON PUBLIC POLICY & LACKING EXPERIENCE.... BOSTON BY THE NUMBERS — Boston Mayor Michelle Wu has an early lead over Josh Kraft. But Kraft has room to make some inroads. A new poll from Emerson College out this morning gives us our first glimpse at how Boston voters view the two candidates and the issues they’re campaigning on. Let’s break it down. GOOD NEWS FOR WU: She’s leading Kraft by a healthy margin head-to-head. Forty-three percent of the 617 registered Boston voters surveyed Feb. 24-26 said they would vote for Wu if the election were that day, compared to 29 percent who said they’d back Kraft. The survey has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.9 percentage points. And one issue that’s emerged as an early campaign cudgel for Kraft, the demolition and renovation of White Stadium, may not be as effective a wedge issue as it se...