supportive of more gaming<\/a> in the commonwealth by way of sports betting, is running unopposed on the Democratic side.<\/p>\nThough early, PredictIt’s market on the general election has Healey as the heavy favorite. Bettors currently give her a 94% chance of succeeding Baker and turning the governor’s office blue for the first time since Deval Patrick left office in early 2015.<\/p>\n
Massachusetts Independents<\/b><\/h2>\n
Massachusetts is unique in that most registered voters are neither Republicans nor Democrats. Instead, about 57% identify as Independents.<\/p>\n
Less than 10% of eligible voters are registered Republicans, while 31% are registered Democrats.<\/strong><\/p>\nMassachusetts has traditionally favored fiscal conservatives who also support socially centered issues. It’s why the Republican Party has been able to hold the state governor’s office since 1991, aside from Patrick’s two terms.<\/p>\n
Political polling analysis outlet FiveThirtyEight <\/i>believes strongly that Massachusetts is going blue in 2022. The site gives Healey a more than 99% chance of winning on Nov. 8.<\/strong><\/p>\n“<\/span>It’s true that Massachusetts has elected only one Democratic governor since 1990, and it’s true that Baker is currently one of the most popular governors in the country. But as partisanship comes to hold greater and greater sway over gubernatorial elections, Massachusetts may simply be too Democratic to elect another Republican governor — especially one as ‘Trumpy’ as Diehl,” opined Nathaniel Rakich, FiveThirtyEight’s <\/i>senior elections analyst.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Gubernatorial primaries in Massachusetts held today, Tues. Sept. 6 will determine which two candidates will be squaring off against one another this Nov. to succeed retiring Gov. Charlie Baker (R). Baker isn’t seeking a third term despite Massachusetts not imposing term limits. Baker’s decision came in response to former President Donald Trump backing former Republican […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":230417,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[19853,61],"tags":[82690,82691,27],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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