Poll: Majority In Mass. Approve Of Sen. Brown

A new poll finds that more than of half of Massachusetts voters have a favorable opinion of Republican U.S. Sen. Scott Brown and believe he deserves to be re-elected.

The poll released Monday by Western New England College also showed that most of Brown's potential Democratic challengers are not well known among voters at this time.

Fifty-two percent of the 472 registered voters surveyed by telephone from March 6-10 said Brown deserved to be re-elected in November 2012, while 28 percent said he did not.

The rest had no opinion or did not answer.

Brown's job approval rating was 57 percent - on par with Democratic Sen. John Kerry and slightly above Democratic Gov. Deval Patrick.

The poll's margin of error was 4.5 percent.