U.S. Term Limits Releases New Rhode Island Poll
1* Do you favor or oppose term limits for members of Congress?
48% Strongly favor
35% Somewhat favor
7% Somewhat oppose
3% Strongly oppose
7% Not sure
2* [Asked of those who favor Term Limits] How many 2-year terms should a member of Congress be allowed to serve?
6% 1 term
40% 2 terms
18% 3 terms
20% 4 terms
10% 5 terms
3% 6 terms
1% 7 terms
0% 8 terms
2% 10 terms
0% 12 terms
0% 15 terms
3* Would you be more or less likely to support a candidate for state legislature if you knew he or she supports implementing term limits for members of Congress?
29% Much more likely
40% Somewhat more likely
9% Somewhat less likely
2% Much less likely
14% No difference
6% Not sure
4* Suppose you knew that one candidate for Congress signed the U.S. Term Limits Pledge and supports term limits, but the opposing candidate refuses to sign the pledge. If you knew that to be true and the election were held today, for whom would you vote?
57% The one who signed the U.S. Term Limits pledge
6% The opponent
5% Would not vote
31% Not sure
Methodology
A survey of 500 registered Rhode Island voters was conducted online for USTL on October 13-19, 2023. Field work for the survey was conducted by RMG Research, Inc. Certain quotas were applied and the sample was lightly weighted by gender, age, and race. Likely voters were determined by a screening process within the survey.
The margin of sampling error for the full sample is +/- 4.4 percentage points.
