New poll shows Coakley still way out in front, Pagliuca rising.

The Western New England College Polling Institute has released results of a poll on the Senate race conducted last week that continues to show a comfortable lead for Attorney General Martha Coakley. The poll was conducted from October 18-22, and included surveys of 468 registered voters. (Margin of error +/- 4.5 percent.)

According to a press release on the poll results, Coakley leads the Democratic field with 37% of registered Dems and unenrolled voters, followed by Pagliuca at 14% (I guess those commercials are having an impact), Capuano at 13%, and Khazei at 4%. The poll found 26% of voters are still undecided.

Coakley continued to win the name recognition battle, maintaining 43% favorables over 19% unfavorables.  Capuano and Pagliuca both had 27% favorables over 13% and 12% unfavorables, respectively, and 60% of respondents had not heard of either candidate.  The release does not include Khazei name recognition numbers.

On the Republican side, the poll found that only 18% of voters had heard of Scott Brown, and he posted a 13% favorable/6% unfavorable result.  Both Coakley and Capuano handily beat Brown in a potential matchup.  Coakley leads Brown 58% to 32% among likely voters, and Capuano leads him 49% to 33%.