A new Rasmussen poll in Massachusetts finds that support has fallen for changing the law to allow for a temporary appointment to the Senate, and the question is now evenly split.
The numbers: 44% are in favor of a temporary appointment while waiting for the special election, to 43% against it, within the ±3.5% margin of error.
A poll taken nearly three weeks ago, shortly before Ted Kennedy’s death, found that 52% supported an interim appointment, to 40% against. The news had just broken at the time that Kennedy had requested a change to the law, to allow Gov. Deval Patrick to make an interim appointment.
