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« on: February 23, 2011, 11:05:54 AM »

http://publicpolicypolling.blogspot.com/2011/02/whitehouse-looks-pretty-solid.html

Whitehouse 54%
Carcieri 37%

Whitehouse 47%
Avedisian 37%

Whitehouse 49%
Robitaille 38%

Whitehouse 51%
Loughlin 34%
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« Reply #1 on: February 23, 2011, 11:13:21 AM »

Except for Carcieri, the GOP candidates are actually a lot more competitive than expected.
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« Reply #2 on: February 23, 2011, 12:06:53 PM »

Except for Carcieri, the GOP candidates are actually a lot more competitive than expected.

Particularly Robitaille.
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« Reply #3 on: February 23, 2011, 12:48:04 PM »

I was expecting Whitehouse to baseline in the mid-50's. I thought he'd poll better. Oh well, still pretty safe D.
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« Reply #4 on: February 23, 2011, 12:49:08 PM »

Pretty bad numbers for Whitehouse.
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« Reply #5 on: February 23, 2011, 12:52:49 PM »

     Any ideas why Avedisian is polling better than anyone else? I would not expect the mayor of Warwick to be so prominent.
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« Reply #6 on: February 23, 2011, 01:08:31 PM »

     Any ideas why Avedisian is polling better than anyone else? I would not expect the mayor of Warwick to be so prominent.

Warwick is about 8-9% of the state' population, and Lincoln Chafee used to have that position.
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« Reply #7 on: February 23, 2011, 01:14:21 PM »

     Any ideas why Avedisian is polling better than anyone else? I would not expect the mayor of Warwick to be so prominent.

Warwick is about 8-9% of the state' population, and Lincoln Chafee used to have that position.

     Indeed, but he is polling better than Robitaille, who ran for Governor & lost by only 2%, & Carcieri, who is a former two-term Governor. Avedisian is clearly not a random nobody, but I do not see why he is doing better than candidates who have run statewide before.
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« Reply #8 on: February 23, 2011, 01:47:54 PM »

All the Republicans are pretty much polling at what the base number of Republican support is in Rhode Island, so I don't see it as very competitive.
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« Reply #9 on: February 23, 2011, 01:52:07 PM »

     Any ideas why Avedisian is polling better than anyone else? I would not expect the mayor of Warwick to be so prominent.

Warwick is about 8-9% of the state' population, and Lincoln Chafee used to have that position.

     Indeed, but he is polling better than Robitaille, who ran for Governor & lost by only 2%, & Carcieri, who is a former two-term Governor. Avedisian is clearly not a random nobody, but I do not see why he is doing better than candidates who have run statewide before.

Couldn't it be that they have negatives from their statewide runs or terms that this guy doesn't?
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« Reply #10 on: February 23, 2011, 08:06:08 PM »

     Any ideas why Avedisian is polling better than anyone else? I would not expect the mayor of Warwick to be so prominent.

Warwick is about 8-9% of the state' population, and Lincoln Chafee used to have that position.

     Indeed, but he is polling better than Robitaille, who ran for Governor & lost by only 2%, & Carcieri, who is a former two-term Governor. Avedisian is clearly not a random nobody, but I do not see why he is doing better than candidates who have run statewide before.

Couldn't it be that they have negatives from their statewide runs or terms that this guy doesn't?

     That seems to be the likeliest explanation, though given how well both Carcieri & Robitaille performed (by RIGOP standards, granted) I find it rather surprising that their negatives would be high enough to offset the benefits of the superior name recognition afforded by a statewide run.
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« Reply #11 on: February 23, 2011, 08:15:48 PM »

     Any ideas why Avedisian is polling better than anyone else? I would not expect the mayor of Warwick to be so prominent.

He's a moderate hero and has a nice-guy image. He also endorsed Chafee in 2010 and probably has better PR amongst liberal voters than the other guys.
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