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Half of Massachusetts can't name a single Maura Healey achievement, according to new poll — many plan to vote for her anyway

Tuesday, June 16, 2026
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Half of Massachusetts can't name a single Maura Healey achievement, according to new poll — many plan to vote for her anyway

50% of voters in a new Suffolk University / Boston Globe poll said Healey's signature accomplishment was 'nothing' or that they didn't know. 56% have considered leaving the state. 69% oppose her congestion pricing. She still leads by 25 points.

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BOSTON — Half of Massachusetts voters cannot name a single signature achievement of Gov. Maura Healey, according to a new Suffolk University / Boston Globe poll released Tuesday.
Asked to identify Healey's signature accomplishment, 17 percent of respondents said "nothing." Another 33 percent told the pollster they didn't know, didn't have an answer, or refused to say. Only 5 percent pointed to her posture against President Trump, and 6 percent named housing or homelessness.
The poll, which surveyed Massachusetts voters over five days last week and carries a margin of error of plus or minus 4.4 points, also found:
  • 56 percent of Massachusetts residents have considered moving out of the state due to high costs.
  • 69 percent oppose the congestion pricing scheme Healey's administration has floated.
  • 65 percent support cutting the state income tax rate from 5 percent to 4 percent — the opposite of Healey's tax posture.
  • 51 percent say the state is heading in the right direction — down from 59 percent in a Suffolk/Globe poll right before the 2022 election that put Healey in office.
  • 72 percent say the country is heading in the wrong direction, the highest number in Suffolk polling since at least 2020.

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Voters quoted in the poll offered candid assessments.
"I have a few friends that met Maura, who said they trust her to make good decisions," Jeff Hacker, a 67-year-old registered Democrat from Lincoln, told the Globe. "But I don't know what the hell she's done."
Gil Swire, a 72-year-old retiree from Stoughton, said he appreciates Healey's "statesmanship" but could not name an accomplishment that has defined her first term in the corner office.
In a statement released after the poll dropped, Massachusetts Republican Party Chairwoman Amy Carnevale said the results capture an electorate ready for change.
"We need a Governor who will focus on improving affordability, opportunity and safety to make people want to stay here for a lifetime, not taxing us until our children and grandchildren can't afford to live in the same state," Carnevale said. "Massachusetts cannot afford four more years of Maura Healey."
Carnevale also flagged what the Globe poll didn't ask: "The Boston Globe poll did not ask voters about the audit."
And yet. Healey leads each of her Republican challengers by 25 points in the same poll — 56 percent to Brian Shortsleeve's 29 percent and 56 percent to Mike Minogue's 31 percent. Suffolk pollster David Paleologos's read: "A 25-point lead without a signature achievement... it's not a referendum on her past, it's a verdict on the opponents' future."
In other words, Massachusetts cannot name a thing Healey has done, wants to leave the state she runs, and opposes the policies she has pushed. Many plan to vote for her anyway.

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