A survey of 363 Rhode Island voters conducted September 25-27 also finds a close race for U.S. Senate, high marks for Mayor Cianci, and a drop in consumer confidence about the state economy.
Voters cite education, jobs, and taxes as the most important state problems.
Vice President Al Gore is virtually tied with Democratic primary challenger Bill Bradley, according to a new Brown University statewide survey. The poll also shows the vice president in a tight presidential general election with Texas Gov. George W. Bush. Public Opinion Laboratory, Thomas J. Anton, director of the A. Alfred Taubman Center for Public Policy and American Institutions, and Jack Combs, the Center's research administrator. It was based on a statewide random sample of 363 registered voters in Rhode Island. Overall, it had a margin of error of about plus or minus five percentage points.