Angus Reid Global Monitor : Polls & Research

Rhode Island Gives Kerry Solid Lead

September 23, 2004

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Abstract: (CPOD) Sept. 23, 2004 - John Kerry would carry the state of Rhode Island, according to a poll by SurveyUSA released by WLNE-TV. 55 per cent of respondents would vote for the Democratic nominee in the 2004 United States presidential election, while 37 per cent would support Republican incumbent George W. Bush.

(CPOD) Sept. 23, 2004 - John Kerry would carry the state of Rhode Island, according to a poll by SurveyUSA released by WLNE-TV. 55 per cent of respondents would vote for the Democratic nominee in the 2004 United States presidential election, while 37 per cent would support Republican incumbent George W. Bush.

Four per cent of respondents would vote for another candidate and four per cent remain undecided. The election is scheduled for Nov. 2.

Democrat Al Gore carried the state's four electoral votes in the 2000 election, with 61 per cent of the vote. No Republican has won Rhode Island since Ronald Reagan in 1984.

Polling Data

Americans will elect a president on Nov. 2. If the election for president of the United States were held today and you were standing in the voting booth right now, who would you vote for? Republican George W. Bush? Democrat John Kerry? Or some other candidate?

John Kerry (D)

55%

George W. Bush (R)

37%

Other

4%

Undecided

4%

Source: SurveyUSA / WLNE-TV
Methodology: Telephone interviews to 705 likely Rhode Island voters, conducted from Sept. 18 to Sept. 20, 2004. Margin of error is 3.8 per cent.