Talk Elections

Q1 Do you approve or disapprove of Governor Lincoln Chafee's job performance?

Approve ................. .33%
Disapprove............. .59%

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Gina Raimondo............................................... 32%
Brendan Doherty............................................. 28%
Lincoln Chafee................................................ 22%
Ken Block........................................................ 8%

Brendan Doherty............................................. 31%
Angel Taveras................................................. 26%
Lincoln Chafee................................................ 23%
Ken Block........................................................ 10%

Gina Raimondo............................................... 35%
Allan Fung....................................................... 23%
Lincoln Chafee................................................ 21%
Ken Block........................................................ 10%

Allan Fung....................................................... 26%
Angel Taveras................................................. 26%
Lincoln Chafee................................................ 20%
Ken Block........................................................ 13%

Brendan Doherty............................................ 39%
Lincoln Chafee................................................ 35%
Ken Block........................................................ 13%

Allan Fung....................................................... 36%
Lincoln Chafee................................................ 32%
Ken Block........................................................ 16%

Next year, would you like Lincoln Chafee to run for Governor as a Democrat or an independent, or would you not like him to run at all?

As a Democrat ................................................ 18%
As an independent.......................................... 20%
Would not like him to run at all........................ 57%

Gina Raimondo............................................... 44%
Brendan Doherty............................................. 32%
Ken Block........................................................ 10%

Gina Raimondo............................................... 46%
Allan Fung....................................................... 27%
Ken Block........................................................ 12%

Angel Taveras................................................. 39%
Brendan Doherty............................................. 35%
Ken Block........................................................ 13%

Angel Taveras................................................. 37%
Allan Fung....................................................... 31%
Ken Block........................................................ 15%

Q20 (Q20-22 asked only of 320 Democratic primary voters) Given the choices of Ernie Almonte, Lincoln Chafee, Gina Raimondo, and Angel Taveras, who would you most like to see as the Democratic candidate for Governor next year?

Gina Raimondo............................................... 35%
Lincoln Chafee................................................ 22%
Angel Taveras................................................. 19%
Ernie Almonte ................................................. 11%
Someone else/Not sure .................................. 12%

Q21 If Lincoln Chafee wasn’t an option, who would you most like to see as the Democratic candidate for Governor next year, given the choices of Ernie Almonte, Gina Raimondo, and Angel Taveras?

Gina Raimondo............................................... 44%
Angel Taveras................................................. 35%
Ernie Almonte ................................................. 9%
Someone else/Not sure .................................. 13%

http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/pdf/2011/PPP_Release_RI_131.pdf

Ouch.

So why exactly is he so hated?

Oh, I want him to run again...

As an independent, he has no natural base for if things take an even slight turn for the worse.

But there have been many other independent politicians who seem to maintain a much higher level of popularity. Maybe he's just not selling himself very well.

This is actually a massive improvement from where I've heard he's at. I thought he was at, like, the 15% or 16% approval for the longest time.

As I understand, the guy's just not an executive. Gina Raimondo's far better at projecting authority. If Jack Reed had been ten or fifteen years older, Chafee should have waited it out and ran for Senate again in '14. Now he pretty much blew his numbers on an ineffective Governorship. Too bad. If he's up to it, he should get a cabinet job or something.