After four years of juvenile tweets and desperate attempting to raise his name recognition, part-time Mayor Mark Boughton's numbers in the latest poll from Quinnipiac University are laughable to say the least.
Lets see what the polling institute had to say about the city's top dishonest elected official.
[Tom] Foley leads a Republican primary with 36 percent. His nearest competitor is Danbury Mayor Mark Boughton with 11 percent. No other candidate tops 6 percent and 35 percent of Republican voters remain undecided.Coming in second to Tom Foley (a.k.a. the person Boughton has repeadedly ridiculed on Twitter) might sound good...until you dig further into the polling data.
1. (If Registered Republican) If the Republican primary for Governor were being held today, and the candidates were Tom Foley, John McKinney, Mark Lauretti, Joseph Visconti, Toni Boucher, and Mark Boughton for whom would you vote?
REGISTERED REPUBLICANS
Tot Men Wom
Foley 36% 38% 34%
McKinney 3 4 3
Lauretti 6 6 5
Visconti 3 4 -
Boucher 2 1 2
Boughton 11 15 7
SMONE ELSE(VOL) 1 1 2
WLDN'T VOTE(VOL) 2 2 3
DK/NA 35 29 43
REGISTERED REPUBLICANS
Tot Men Wom
Foley 36% 38% 34%
McKinney 3 4 3
Lauretti 6 6 5
Visconti 3 4 -
Boucher 2 1 2
Boughton 11 15 7
SMONE ELSE(VOL) 1 1 2
WLDN'T VOTE(VOL) 2 2 3
DK/NA 35 29 43
REGISTERED REPUBLICANS
Mar 04 Jun 19
2014 2013
Foley 36 36
McKinney 3 11
Lauretti 6 na
Visconti 3 na
Boucher 2 na
Boughton 11 8
Cafero na 4
SMONE ELSE(VOL) 1 1
WLDN'T VOTE(VOL) 2 4
DK/NA 35 37
Wait wait! There's more!
Although Boughton is polling better than all the other GOP candidates besides Foley, in a head to head match up against Malloy, Big Poppa is a big flop as his numbers are no better than any of the lower tier candidates in the GOP field.
3. If the election for Governor were being held today, and the candidates were John McKinney the Republican and Dannel Malloy the Democrat, for whom would you vote?
AGE IN YRS..............
Tot Rep Dem Ind Men Wom 18-29 30-49 50-64 65+
McKinney 37% 79% 6% 40% 42% 34% 24% 36% 44% 36%
Malloy 43 10 80 34 42 44 53 43 40 44
SMONE ELSE(VOL) 1 1 1 1 1 1 - 2 2 1
WLDN'T VOTE(VOL) 4 2 3 4 5 3 7 4 3 1
DK/NA 14 8 10 20 10 18 15 14 11 18
Mar 04 Jun 19
2014 2013
McKinney 37 37
Malloy 43 44
SMONE ELSE(VOL) 1 1
WLDN'T VOTE(VOL) 4 3
DK/NA 14 15
AGE IN YRS..............
Tot Rep Dem Ind Men Wom 18-29 30-49 50-64 65+
Boughton 35% 74% 5% 37% 39% 30% 20% 37% 38% 34%
Malloy 44 12 81 35 43 46 57 41 43 44
SMONE ELSE(VOL) 2 1 2 2 2 2 - 2 2 1
WLDN'T VOTE(VOL) 3 3 2 4 4 3 9 3 3 1
DK/NA 16 10 11 22 12 20 13 17 13 20
Mar 04 Jun 19
2014 2013
Boughton 35 36
Malloy 44 43
SMONE ELSE(VOL) 2 1
WLDN'T VOTE(VOL) 3 3
DK/NA 16 16
AGE IN YRS..............
Tot Rep Dem Ind Men Wom 18-29 30-49 50-64 65+
Lauretti 34% 75% 4% 36% 39% 30% 23% 36% 36% 33%
Malloy 44 10 81 36 43 46 55 41 43 46
SMONE ELSE(VOL) 2 1 1 2 2 2 - 3 2 1
WLDN'T VOTE(VOL) 3 2 3 4 4 3 7 3 4 1
DK/NA 16 12 11 22 12 20 15 17 15 19
AGE IN YRS..............
Tot Rep Dem Ind Men Wom 18-29 30-49 50-64 65+
Visconti 34% 75% 4% 35% 38% 31% 25% 35% 37% 32%
Malloy 45 11 81 36 44 45 53 43 43 47
SMONE ELSE(VOL) 2 1 2 1 2 2 1 3 2 1
WLDN'T VOTE(VOL) 3 2 2 4 4 2 6 3 4 1
DK/NA 16 11 10 24 13 20 15 16 15 20
AGE IN YRS..............
Tot Rep Dem Ind Men Wom 18-29 30-49 50-64 65+
Boucher 34% 74% 5% 36% 39% 30% 21% 35% 38% 33%
Malloy 45 11 82 36 43 46 54 42 44 46
SMONE ELSE(VOL) 2 2 2 2 2 2 - 2 3 1
WLDN'T VOTE(VOL) 4 3 3 5 5 3 10 4 3 1
DK/NA 15 11 9 22 12 19 14 17 12 19
As you can see, Boughton's head to head numbers are no better than any of the other candiadtes in the GOP field...even the no name candidates who have done next to ZERO campaigning. Oh, there's more! Boughton's problem becomes more clear when you look at his favorable/unfavorable numbers...
11. Is your opinion of Mark Boughton favorable, unfavorable or haven't you heard enough about him?
AGE IN YRS..............
Tot Rep Dem Ind Men Wom 18-29 30-49 50-64 65+
Favorable 12% 24% 4% 13% 15% 11% 12% 12% 14% 12%
Unfavorable 4 1 7 3 5 3 4 4 5 3
Hvn't hrd enough 82 75 88 83 80 85 82 84 80 84
REFUSED 1 - 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
TREND: Is your opinion of Mark Boughton favorable, unfavorable or haven't you heard enough about him?
Mar 04 Jun 19 Jan 21
2014 2013 2010
Favorable 12 11 7
Unfavorable 4 5 2
Hvn't hrd enough 82 84 90
REFUSED 1 - 1
According to the trend, althogh Boughton has done everything possible to raise his name ID in the last four year, his trend line is less than stellar...in fact, they are pathetic and at this point in the race, his quest for the GOP nominaiton is all but over.
I guess that dishonest "People over Politics" slogan wasn't a hit with the public...and wait till the public learns more about the REAL Mark Boughton.
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