Poll: Rhode Island Senate race close as election day nears

THE RACE: U.S. Senate, Rhode Island

THE NUMBERS:

Sheldon Whitehouse (D): 48 percent

Sen. Lincoln Chafee (R): 45 percent

USA TODAY/Gallup Poll, 880 registered voters interviewed by phone from Nov. 1-3, sampling error of plus or minus 4 percentage points.

OF INTEREST: Recent polls indicate Chafee tightening the race. The same poll a month ago showed Whitehouse leading Chafee by 11 points, 50-39 percent. A poll out Sunday by Mason-Dixon Polling & Research poll for McClatchy Newspapers-MSNBC showed Chafee leading 46-45, with a margin of error of plus or minus 4 percentage points.