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Parents > United States > Rhode Island > President
Parent RaceUS President - Popular Vote
OfficePresident
Type General Election
Filing Deadline January 01, 2008 - 12:00pm
Polls Open November 04, 2008 - 06:00am
Polls Close November 04, 2008 - 11:00pm
Term Start January 20, 2009 - 12:00pm
Term End January 20, 2013 - 12:00pm
Turnout 70.83% Registered 44.94% Total Population
ContributorWishful Thinking
Last ModifiedRBH January 11, 2009 06:31pm
Data Sources[Link]
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Description
LAST GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyDemocratic Won11/02/2004
NameJohn Kerry Votes259,765 (59.42%)
Term01/20/2005 - 01/20/2009 Margin90,719 (+20.75%)
NEXT GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyDemocratic Won11/06/2012
NameBarack Obama Votes279,677 (62.70%)
Term01/20/2013 - 01/20/2017 Margin122,473 (+27.46%)
PRIMARY/OTHER SCHEDULE
Mar 04, 2008 RI US President - D Primary Hillary Rodham Clinton
Mar 04, 2008 RI US President - R Primary John McCain
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KEY RACE? 3.0000000000 Average
LEANING PREDICTIONS    Detail
Leaning Graph
02/27/2005 11/04/2008
CandidateSlightLeanStrongSafe
Barack Obama 1 1 1 61
Leaning Call: Barack Obama (100.00%)
Weighted Call: Barack Obama (100.00%)
MATCHUP POLL GRAPH
Poll Graph
01/27/2007 11/01/2008

CANDIDATES
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Name Sen. Barack Obama Sen. John McCain Ralph Nader Rep. Bob Barr Rep. Cynthia McKinney Chuck Baldwin (W) Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton
PartyDemocratic Republican Independent Libertarian Green Constitution Independent
Website [Website] [Website] [Website] [Website] [Website]
Certified Votes296,571 (62.95%) 165,391 (35.11%) 4,829 (1.03%) 1,382 (0.29%) 797 (0.17%) 675 (0.14%) 655 (0.14%)
Margin0 (0.00%) -131,180 (-27.85%) -291,742 (-61.93%) -295,189 (-62.66%) -295,774 (-62.78%) -295,896 (-62.81%) -295,916 (-62.81%)
Predict Avg.61.61% 38.12% 0.02% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Cash On Hand $-- $-- $-- $-- $-- $-- $--
MATCHUP POLLS (11 from 6 pollsters)
Adj Poll Avg56.16%-- 34.35%-- 0.00%-- 0.21%-- 0.30%-- 0.08%-- 0.00%--
YouGov 
10/18/08-11/01/08		 58.00% -- 37.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Rhode Island College 
09/17/08-09/24/08		 45.00% -- 31.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Rasmussen Reports 
09/13/08-09/13/08		 58.00% 3.0 39.00% 8.0 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
American Research Group 
09/11/08-09/13/08		 59.00% -- 33.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Brown University 
08/18/08-08/20/08		 51.00% -- 30.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Rasmussen Reports 
07/01/08-07/01/08		 55.00% -- 31.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
ENDORSEMENTS
Endorsements
  Providence Journal
D Richard W. Singleton [L]
D David R. Carlin [L]
MORE CANDIDATES
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Name (W) Rep. Ron Paul (W) Others Gloria E. La Riva  
PartyIndependent Independent Socialism and Liberation  
Website [Website]  
Certified Votes472 (0.10%) 205 (0.04%) 122 (0.03%)  
Margin-296,099 (-62.85%) -296,366 (-62.91%) -296,449 (-62.93%)  
Predict Avg.0.00% 0.00% 0.00%  
Cash On Hand $-- $-- $--  
MATCHUP POLLS (11 from 6 pollsters)
Adj Poll Avg0.00%-- 0.00%-- 0.00%--  
YouGov 
10/18/08-11/01/08		 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Rhode Island College 
09/17/08-09/24/08		 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Rasmussen Reports 
09/13/08-09/13/08		 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
American Research Group 
09/11/08-09/13/08		 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Brown University 
08/18/08-08/20/08		 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Rasmussen Reports 
07/01/08-07/01/08		 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
ENDORSEMENTS
Endorsements
 

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NEWS
Date Category Headline Article Contributor
Jun 23, 2008 05:00pm News R.I. lawmaker switches party to lead ’Democrats for McCain’ group  Article RBH 
Nov 13, 2007 11:00pm News College Republicans Build Strong Base In Rhode Island  Article The Sunset Provision 

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