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Parents > United States > Rhode Island > President
Parent RaceUS President - Popular Vote
OfficePresident
HonorificPresident - Abbr: President
Type General Election
Filing Deadline January 01, 2008 - 12:00pm Central
Polls Open November 04, 2008 - 06:00am Central
Polls Close November 04, 2008 - 11:00pm Central
Term Start January 20, 2009 - 12:00pm
Term End January 20, 2013 - 12:00pm
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 F. Kerry Votes259,760 (59.43%)
Term01/20/2005 - 01/20/2009 Margin90,714 (+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 Clinton
D 186,657
Mar 04, 2008 RI US President - R Primary
John McCain
R 27,237
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
Photo
Name Sen. Barack Obama Sen. John McCain Ralph Nader Rep. Bob Barr Rep. Cynthia McKinney Chuck Baldwin (W) Sen. Hillary Clinton
PartyDemocratic Republican Independent Libertarian Green Constitution Independent
Campaign Logo
Certified Votes 296,571 (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%
Don't Tase Me, Bro!60.00% (+3.75 pts) 40.00% (+0.37 pts) -- -- -- -- --
garyray960.00% (+3.75 pts) 39.00% (+1.04 pts) -- -- -- -- --
CincinnatiReds199065.43% (+4.07 pts) 34.50% (+3.23 pts) 0.07% (+0.44 pts) -- -- -- --
Ashley61.00% (+4.42 pts) 39.00% (+1.04 pts) -- -- -- -- --
Cash On Hand $-- $-- $-- $-- $-- $-- $--
Website [Website] [Website] [Website] [Website]
Entry Date 00/00/2008 00/00/2008 -- -- -- -- --
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MATCHUP POLLS (11 from 6 pollsters)
Adj Poll Avg54.96%-- 34.81%-- 0.00%-- 0.00%-- 0.00%-- 0.00%-- 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
MORE CANDIDATES
Photo  
Name (W) Rep. Ron Paul (W) Others Gloria E. La Riva  
PartyIndependent Independent Socialism and Liberation  
Campaign Logo  
Certified Votes 472 (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%  
Don't Tase Me, Bro! -- -- --
garyray9 -- -- --
CincinnatiReds1990 -- -- --
Ashley -- -- --
Cash On Hand $-- $-- $--  
Website [Website] [Website]  
Entry Date -- -- --  
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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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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