PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — Gov. Dan McKee and Secretary of State Nellie Gorbea are neck and neck in the Democratic primary for governor, but more voters are undecided than supporting either candidate, an exclusive 12 News/Roger Williams University poll released Tuesday shows.
The survey of 400 likely Rhode Island Democratic primary voters finds McKee at 25% and Gorbea at 23%, but 37% of voters are undecided. McKee’s lead over Gorbea is within the margin of error.
The other three Democratic candidates are still in single-digits: former Secretary of State Matt Brown is at 7%, former CVS executive Helena Foulkes is at 6% and community activist Luis Daniel Muñoz is at 2%.
“There is no question — this race is wide open,” said 12 News political analyst Joe Fleming, who conducted the poll. The primary is Sept. 13.
The cellphone and landline interview poll was conducted Monday, May 9, through Thursday, May 12, by Fleming & Associates of Cumberland, R.I. The survey has an overall margin of sampling error of plus or minus approximately 4.9 percentage points. Fleming has been conducting polls for WPRI 12 since 1984.
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