Poll: Cicilline rebounds, now leads Doherty by 6 points (Rhode Island)

[cal04]

RI voters back same-sex marriage, won't toss GA
http://www.wpri.com/dpp/news/local_news/nesi/campaign-2012-exclusive-poll-sept-mon-6

Congressman David Cicilline has engineered a remarkable eight-month turnaround in his re-election race against Brendan Doherty, rebounding from a 15-point deficit to take a six-point lead, according to an exclusive WPRI 12 poll released Monday evening.

The new survey of 250 likely voters in Rhode Island's 1st Congressional District shows Democrat Cicilline at 44%, Republican Doherty at 38% and independent David Vogel at 6%, with 10% of voters undecided. That's a 21-point swing since the February WPRI 12 poll, when Doherty led Cicilline 49% to 34%.

"There's no question this race has gone the opposite way," WPRI 12 political analyst Joe Fleming said. "Doherty's lead has evaporated. ... It's obvious the messaging that David Cicilline has been using is working - he's making this a national campaign."

[spanone]

1. k&r...

[hrmjustin]

2. why would the race even be close in RI?

[hughee99]

3. Rhode Island has a number of moderate (by many standards, anyway) repukes

like current governor Lincoln Chaffee, before he switched to an "I".