The gubernatorial campaign of Lincoln Chafee is touting these findings from Rasmussen Reports. Noteworthy is the smaller amount of undecideds than in a recent Brown University poll.

Key findings from a new Washington Post-ABC News poll include a 55 percent disapproval rating for Sarah Palin:

WPRI-TV (Channel 12) is getting ready to release some early indicators on this big political year (disclosure: I'm a weekly panelist on the station's Newsmakers show). The poll, billed as the station's largest, includes the following questions:

Nate Silver, whose 538.com became a must-read during the 2008 presidential race has some somber news for Martha Coakley:

That's among the findings of a new Brown University poll. Some other key highlights:

-- President Obama's 53 percent approval rating among Rhode Islanders is down 21 percent from Brown's last poll in May.

-- Governor Carcieri's 36 percent approval rating remains unchanged from May.

-- The percentage of Rhode Islanders who say the state is on the wrong track is up to 68 percent, up three percent.