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Brown has the momentum going into the final days of the campaign, and leads Coakley by a small margin in recent polls.<ref>[http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/talkingpolitics/archive/2010/01/05/coakley-brown-polling-fwiw.aspx Coakley-Brown Polling, FWIW, The Boston Phoenix, January 5, 2010]</ref> Public Policy Polling shows Brown with a 1 point lead. <ref>[http://www.politico.com/blogs/scorecard/0110/Poll_Scott_Brown_leading_Coakley_4847.html Poll: Scott Brown ahead of Martha Coakley by 1 point, Politico, January 9, 2010]</ref> A Rasmussen poll has Brown leading Coakley among independents 71-23. <ref>[http://news.bostonherald.com/news/columnists/view.bg?articleid=1225447 Rattled Dems fret over health of Senate seat, Boston Herald, January 14, 2010]</ref>  The race originally was expected to heavily favor Democrats, since there are a million more registered Democrats than Republicans. But independents are the largest bloc and they have moved heavily to Brown. The anti-Democrat sentiment in the country and high GOP and Independent turnout should make this a tight race.

Brown has the momentum going into the final days of the campaign, and leads Coakley by a small margin in recent polls.<ref>[http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/talkingpolitics/archive/2010/01/05/coakley-brown-polling-fwiw.aspx Coakley-Brown Polling, FWIW, The Boston Phoenix, January 5, 2010]</ref> Public Policy Polling shows Brown with a 1 point lead. <ref>[http://www.politico.com/blogs/scorecard/0110/Poll_Scott_Brown_leading_Coakley_4847.html Poll: Scott Brown ahead of Martha Coakley by 1 point, Politico, January 9, 2010]</ref> A Rasmussen poll has Brown leading Coakley among independents 71-23. <ref>[http://news.bostonherald.com/news/columnists/view.bg?articleid=1225447 Rattled Dems fret over health of Senate seat, Boston Herald, January 14, 2010]</ref>  The race originally was expected to heavily favor Democrats, since there are a million more registered Democrats than Republicans. But independents are the largest bloc and they have moved heavily to Brown. The anti-Democrat sentiment in the country and high GOP and Independent turnout should make this a tight race.

==Latest poll results==

==Latest poll results==

see [http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2010/senate/ma/massachusetts_senate_special_election-1144.html for latest polls]

see [http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2010/senate/ma/massachusetts_senate_special_election-1144.html for latest polls]

* PJM/CrossTarget (released 1-18): Brown 52, Coakley 42  

* PJM/CrossTarget (released 1-18): Brown 52, Coakley 42  

* PPP (released 1-18): Brown 51, Coakley 46

* PPP (released 1-18):<br> Brown 51, Coakley 46

* InsideMedford/MRG (released 1-17): Brown  51,  Coakley  41  

* InsideMedford/MRG (released 1-17): Brown  51,  Coakley  41  

* ARG Poll (released 1-16): Brown 48, Coakley 45  

* ARG Poll (released 1-16):<br> Brown 48, Coakley 45  

* Suffolk/7News (released 1-15):  Brown 50, Coakley 46  

* Suffolk/7News (released 1-15):<br> Brown 50, Coakley 46  

* Blue Mass Group/R2000 (released 1-14): Brown  41 Coakley 49

* Blue Mass Group/R2000 (released 1-14): Brown  41 Coakley 49