Poll Watch: Rasmussen Rhode Island Gubernatorial Survey

Rasmussen Rhode Island Gubernatorial Survey

• Lincoln Chafee (I) 35% [33%] (33%) {32%} [37%] (35%) {33%} [39%] (37%)
• Frank Caprio (D) 28% [30%] (30%) {38%} [30%] (32%) {33%} [28%] (27%)
• John Robitaille (R) 25% [22%] (23%) {20%} [23%] (25%) {21%} [22%] (19%)
• Ken Block (M) 6% [4%] (5%)

Favorable / Unfavorable {Net}

• John Robitaille 49% [41%] (43%) {36%} [37%] (36%) {41%} [35%] (31%) / 40% [35%] (33%) {28%} [33%] (28%) {27%} [29%] (31%) {+9%}
• Frank Caprio 49% [48%] (54%) {66%} [60%] (61%) {56%} [53%] (52%) / 48% [45%] (36%) {20%} [30%] (25%) {29%} [29%] (28%) {+1%}
• Lincoln Chafee 48% [48%] (48%) {54%} [56%] (53%) {53%} [57%] (55%) / 50% [46%] (49%) {40%} [40%] (39%) {38%} [37%] (37%) {-2%}
• Ken Block 35% [32%] (24%) / 41% [36%] (40%) {-6%}

How would you rate the job Don Carcieri has been doing as Governor?

• Strongly approve 18% [16%] (16%) {13%} [17%] (17%) {21%} [19%] (15%)
• Somewhat approve 26% [30%] (35%) {36%} [31%] (32%) {32%} [24%] (29%)
• Somewhat disapprove 23% [24%] (20%) {22%} [18%] (23%) {17%} [20%] (20%)
• Strongly disapprove 32% [29%] (27%) {26%} [34%] (25%) {28%} [35%] (34%)

How would you rate the job Barack Obama has been doing as President?

• Strongly approve 38% [29%] (33%) {35%} [31%] (33%) {36%} [42%] (38%)
• Somewhat approve 18% [25%] (27%) {21%} [19%] (22%) {21%} [19%] (24%)
• Somewhat disapprove 9% [11%] (10%) {11%} [16%] (12%) {10%} [9%] (11%)
• Strongly disapprove 34% [34%] (30%) {31%} [34%] (31%) {31%} [30%] (26%)

Survey of 750 Likely Voters was conducted October 21, 2010. The margin of error is +/- 4 percentage points.  Party ID breakdown: 55% [44%] Democrat; 13% [14%] Republican; 32% [43%] Independent/Other.  Results from the poll conducted October 4, 2010 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted September 16, 2010 are in parentheses.  Results from the poll conducted August 17, 2010 are in curly brackets.  Results from the poll conducted July 21, 2010 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted May 27, 2010 are in parentheses. Results from the poll conducted April 21, 2010 are in curly brackets. Results from the poll conducted March 25, 2010 are in square brackets.  Results from the poll conducted February 25, 2010 are in parentheses.

Inside the numbers:

Seventy-six percent (76%) of Rhode Island Republicans support Robitaille, while 41% of the state’s Democrats back Caprio. Sixteen percent (16%) of GOP voters and 43% of Democrats favor Chafee. Among voters not affiliated with either major party, 29% support the Independent, 38% the Republican and 15% the Democrat.