January 1, 1999
A survey of 324 Providence residents conducted March 6-8, 1999, found a large majority approves of the job Mayor Cianci, police and firefighters are doing. Public schools, street repairs and taxes fared worse. The city's biggest problem: its public schools.
January 1, 1999
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.
January 1, 1999
A survey of 357 Rhode Island voters conducted June 12-14, 1999, finds U.S. Rep. Robert Weygand leading Warwick Mayor Lincoln Chafee in the U.S. Senate race, but independent candidate Arlene Violet is making it close. The survey also asked voters about the Quonset Point Port, a tax cut for the rich, and a close race for a Narragansett gambling casino.
January 1, 1999
A survey of 313 Rhode Island voters conducted Jan. 30-31, 1999, finds a strong preference for censure of President Clinton rather than removal. The survey also finds Sen. John Chafee ahead of Secretary of State James Langevin in the U.S. Senate race.
January 1, 1999
The possibility of an Arlene Violet independent candidacy has thrown Rhode Island's 2000 U.S. Senate race into a tizzy. In a trial matchup between Congressman Robert Weygand and Warwick Mayor Lincoln Chafee, Weygand leads by 45 to 26 percent. However, when talk radio show host Violet is included, 29 percent support Weygand, 24 percent favor Violet, and 21 percent support Chafee.
January 1, 1998
In this Brown Policy Report, I investigate racial and gender differences in attitudes towards the courts among people who used the Providence Superior Court, District Court, Family Court, and Workers' Compensation Court between March 9 and 13, 1998. For that week, everyone who passed through these courts was given a written questionnaire asking for views about the court system, fairness, personnel, and procedures.
January 1, 1998
A survey of 1,724 people who used the Providence Superior Court, District Court, Family Court, and Workers' Compensation Court examines racial and gender differences in views about court performance, fairness, personnel, and processes.
January 1, 1997
Brown University Public Opinion Surveys, 1997-98
January 1, 1995
Survey of Catholics in Rhode Island, September 1995