Question:
1. How likely are you to vote in this year’s presidential election? Very likely 91.5%; Somewhat likely 3.4%; Not very likely 2.5%; Not at all likely 1.9%; No answer .9%

3. If the next election for president were held today, would you vote for 1) Republican John McCain or 2) Democrat Barack Obama? John McCain 34.0%; Barack Obama 47.4%; Depends (voluntary) 4.6%; Neither/other (voluntary) 7.1%; Don’t know/No answer 6.9%

4. When it comes to your vote for [Question 3 choice] would you say that you are excited to be voting for him, you are satisfied to be voting for him, or you are voting for him as the lesser of two evils? Excited 37.3%; Satisfied 31.5%; Lesser of two evils 18.4%; Not sure 4.8%; Don’t know/No answer 8.0%

Poll Demographics

About this Poll
A new Brown University survey of registered Rhode Island voters shows Sen. Barack Obama leading Sen. John McCain by 13 percentage points in the U.S. presidential race — down 7 points from last month. The poll was conducted Sept. 15-16, 2008.

The survey was conducted Sept. 15-16, 2008, at Brown University by Marion Orr, the Fred Lippitt Professor of Public Policy and Political Science and director of the Taubman Center for Public Policy and the John Hazen White Public Opinion Laboratory. It is based on a statewide random sample of 652 registered voters in Rhode Island. Overall, the poll has a margin or error of about plus or minus 3.8 percentage points.