Election Poll: Democrats Raimondo, Whitehouse Lead GOP Rivals By Double-Digit Margins

Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo has a 14-point lead over her closest rival, Cranston Mayor Allan Fung, while U.S. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse has a 24-point advantage over Republican challenger Robert Flanders, according to a new poll done for Rhode Island Public Radio, The Providence Journal and ABC6.

When asked who they would support if the election was held today, respondents gave Democrat Raimondo 48 percent of the support, compared with 34 percent for Fung, 5 percent for independent Joe Trillo, and 1 percent each for Moderate Party candidate William Gilbert, Anne Armstrong of the Compassion Party, and independent Luis-Daniel Munoz. Eleven percent didn't know or were undecided.

The results are among the findings of a poll conducted between September 27 and October 6 by the Survey Center at the University of New Hampshire. The results, which have a 4.4 percentage point margin of error, came from interviews with 561 Rhode Islanders, including 503 likely general election voters. (More results from the poll will be released Thursday evening and Sunday morning.)

When asked about preferences in the U.S. Senate race, 57 percent of respondents said they would vote for Whitehouse, a Democrat seeking his third term, compared with 33 percent for Flanders, a former state Supreme Court justice. Nine percent chose "other" or were undecided.

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