Election in Rhode Island
2016 United States presidential election in Rhode Island Turnout 60.2%[1] 0.6 pp County results Municipality results Clinton
40–50%
50–60%
60–70%
70–80%
80–90%
Trump
40–50%
50–60%
Treemap of the popular vote by county. The 2016 United States presidential election in Rhode Island took place on November 8, 2016, as part of the 2016 United States presidential election in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia participated. Rhode Island voters chose four electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote.
Although a "safe blue state", Trump improved on Mitt Romney 's performance four years prior ; Romney had lost the state by 27 points, whereas Trump lost by less than 16 points. This makes it the smallest win by a Democrat since Democratic nominee Michael Dukakis in 1988 . In 2012, Romney won only three towns in Rhode Island.[2] Donald Trump won 14 towns and even narrowly flipped Kent County , making this the first time a Republican has won a county in the state since Ronald Reagan in 1984 .
Primaries [ edit ] Democratic primary [ edit ] Four candidates appeared on the Democratic presidential primary ballot:[3]
Republican primary [ edit ] Republican primary results by county(left) and municipality(right).
Three candidates appeared on the Republican presidential primary ballot:[3]
Rhode Island Republican primary, April 26, 2016 Candidate Votes Percentage Actual delegate count Bound Unbound Total Donald Trump 39,221 63.7% 12 0 12 John Kasich 14,963 24.3% 5 0 5 Ted Cruz 6,416 10.4% 2 0 2 Uncommitted 417 0.7% 0 0 0 Marco Rubio (withdrawn) 382 0.6% 0 0 0 Write-in 215 0.3% 0 0 0 Unprojected delegates: 0 0 0 Total: 61,614 100.00% 19 0 19 Source: Rhode Island Board of Elections
General election [ edit ] Predictions [ edit ] Results [ edit ] Results by county [ edit ] County Hillary Clinton Democratic Donald Trump Republican Various candidates Other parties Margin Total votes cast # % # % # % # % Bristol 14,609 57.35% 8,965 35.19% 1,901 7.46% 5,644 22.16% 25,475 Kent 37,788 46.05% 38,336 46.72% 5,929 7.23% -548 -0.67% 82,053 Newport 22,851 55.67% 15,077 36.73% 3,117 7.60% 7,774 18.94% 41,045 Providence 142,899 57.51% 90,882 36.58% 14,693 5.91% 52,017 20.93% 248,474 Washington 33,741 50.84% 27,230 41.03% 5,398 8.13% 6,511 9.81% 66,369 Totals 252,525 54.41% 180,543 38.90% 31,076 6.69% 71,982 15.51% 464,144
County Flips: Democratic Hold
Republican Gain from Democratic
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican [ edit ] Results by congressional district [ edit ] Clinton won both congressional districts.[15]
Results by Municipality [ edit ] The pink municipalities voted for Barack Obama in 2012 and flipped to Donald Trump in 2016. Only East Greenwich voted for Mitt Romney in 2012 but flipped to Hillary Clinton in 2016. Dark blue and dark red municipalities did not flip from 2012 to 2016.
Analysis [ edit ] Donald Trump flipped several municipalities that had not voted for a Republican presidential candidate since the 1980s including, Burrillville , Coventry , Exeter , Foster , Glocester , Hopkinton , Johnston , Lincoln , North Smithfield , Richmond , Smithfield , and West Warwick . Meanwhile, Hillary Clinton was able to flip East Greenwich which voted for Mitt Romney in 2012.
See also [ edit ] References [ edit ] ^ This figure is calculated by dividing the total number of votes cast in 2016 (464,144) by an estimate of the number of registered voters in Rhode Island in 2016 (770,875). ^ "2012 Presidential Election Results - Rhode Island by City and Town" . U.S. Election Atlas . David Leip. Retrieved November 25, 2016 . ^ a b Patrick Anderson. "Candidates in both parties gear up for spot on R.I. primary ballot" . The Providence Journal . Retrieved February 5, 2016 . ^ "Our final map has Clinton winning with 352 electoral votes. Compare your picks with ours" . Los Angeles Times . November 6, 2016. Retrieved November 13, 2016 . ^ Chalian, David (November 4, 2016). "Road to 270: CNN's new election map" . CNN . Retrieved March 3, 2019 . ^ "2016 Electoral Scorecard" . The Cook Political Report . November 7, 2016. Retrieved March 3, 2019 . ^ "2016 Electoral Map Prediction" . Electoral-vote.com . November 8, 2016. Retrieved March 3, 2019 . ^ "Presidential Ratings" . The Rothenberg Political Report. Retrieved August 16, 2021 . ^ Sabato, Larry J. (November 7, 2016). "2016 President" . University of Virginia Center for Politics . Retrieved March 3, 2019 . ^ "2016 Election Maps - Battle for White House" . RealClearPolitics. Retrieved November 13, 2016 . ^ "Electoral Scorecard: Map shifts again in Trump's favor, as Clinton holds edge" . Fox News . November 7, 2016. Retrieved November 13, 2016 . ^ "Rhode Island Election Results" . The New York Times . Retrieved December 12, 2016 . ^ "2016 Presidential General Election Results - Rhode Island" . ^ Bump, Philip. "The counties that flipped parties to swing the 2016 election" . Washington Post . ISSN 0190-8286 . Retrieved September 1, 2020 . ^ "Daily Kos Elections' statewide election results by congressional and legislative districts" . Daily Kos . Retrieved August 11, 2020 . External links [ edit ]
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