Second Poll: Loughlin Gaining on Cicilline

Second Poll: Loughlin Gaining on Cicilline

A second poll is showing that Republican John Loughlin is gaining ground on Democrat David Cicilline in the race for the First Congressional District seat.

A WPRI-12 poll released yesterday put Cicilline at 48 percent and Loughlin at 42 percent. The survey of 250 likely voters had a margin of error of 6.2 percentage points. The results roughly mirror those of an NBC 10-Quest Research poll released the day before. It showed Cicilline at 42 percent and Loughlin at 40 percent support.

It’s a significant shift from a month ago, when Cicilline had a 19-point lead over Loughlin, with 48 percent support to Loughlin’s 29 percent, according to a Sept. 30 WPRI-12 poll.

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"John Loughlin has closed a major gap in this race – he's down to six percentage points," Eyewitness News political analyst Joe Fleming said. "He basically did it by doing very well among independents. That's where he really picked it up."

The poll was conducted by Fleming & Associates.