United States presidential elections in Rhode Island explained

State:Rhode Island
Number Of Elections:58
Voted Democratic:24
Voted Republican:20
Voted Whig:4
Voted Dem Rep:5
Voted Federalist:4
Voted Other:1
Voted Winning:40
Voted Losing:18

Following is a table of United States presidential elections in Rhode Island, ordered by year. Since its admission to statehood in 1790, Rhode Island has participated in every U.S. presidential election.

Winners of the state are in bold. The shading refers to the state winner, and not the national winner.

Elections from 1864 to present

data-sort-type="number" YearWinner (nationally)data-sort-type="number" Votesdata-sort-type="number" PercentRunner-up (nationally)data-sort-type="number" Votesdata-sort-type="number" PercentOther national
candidates		data-sort-type="number" Votesdata-sort-type="number" Percentdata-sort-type="number" Electoral
Votes		Notes
2020[1] Joe Biden 307,486 59.39 199,922 38.61 — 4
2016[2] 180,543 38.90 Hillary Clinton 252,525 54.41 — 4
2012[3] Barack Obama 279,677 62.70 157,204 35.24 —4
2008[4] Barack Obama 296,571 62.86 165,391 35.06 —4
2004[5] 169,046 38.67 John Kerry 259,765 59.42 —4
2000[6] 130,555 31.91 Al Gore 249,508 60.99 —4
1996[7] Bill Clinton 233,050 59.71 104,683 26.82 43,723 11.20 4
Bill Clinton 213,299 47.04 131,601 29.02 105,045 23.16 4
177,761 43.93 Michael Dukakis 225,123 55.64 —4
Ronald Reagan 212,080 51.66 197,106 48.02 —4
154,793 37.2 Jimmy Carter 198,342 47.67 59,819 14.38 4
Jimmy Carter 227,636 55.36 181,249 44.08 —4
Richard Nixon 220,383 53.00 194,645 46.81 —4
122,359 31.78 Hubert Humphrey 246,518 64.03 15,678 4.07 4
Lyndon B. Johnson 315,463 80.87 74,615 19.13 —4
John F. Kennedy 258,032 63.63 147,502 36.37 —4
Dwight D. Eisenhower 225,819 58.26 161,790 41.74 ——4
Dwight D. Eisenhower 210,935 50.89 203,293 49.05 —4
Harry S. Truman 188,736 57.59 135,787 41.44 ——4
Franklin D. Roosevelt 175,356 58.59 123,487 41.26 —4
Franklin D. Roosevelt 182,182 56.73 138,653 43.17 —4
Franklin D. Roosevelt 165,238 53.1 125,031 40.18 —4
Franklin D. Roosevelt 146,604 55.08 115,266 43.31 —4
117,522 49.55 Al Smith 118,973 50.16 —5
Calvin Coolidge 125,286 59.63 76,606 36.46 7,628 3.63 5
Warren G. Harding 107,463 63.97 55,062 32.78 Parley P. Christensen——5
40,394 46.00 Charles E. Hughes 44,858 51.08 —5
Woodrow Wilson 30,412 39.04 16,878 21.67 27,703 35.56 5
William H. Taft 43,942 60.76 24,706 34.16 —4
Theodore Roosevelt 41,605 60.60 24,839 36.18 —4
William McKinley 33,784 59.74 19,812 35.04 —4
William McKinley 37,437 68.33 14,459 26.39 —4
24,336 45.75 Benjamin Harrison 26,975 50.71 228 0.43 4
Benjamin Harrison 21,969 53.88 17,530 42.99 —4
12,391 37.81 James G. Blaine 19,030 58.07 —4
James A. Garfield 18,195 62.24 10,779 36.87 2360.814
Rutherford B. Hayes 15,787 59.29 10,712 40.23 —4
Ulysses S. Grant 13,665 71.94 5,329 28.06 —4
Ulysses S. Grant 13,017 66.7 6,494 33.3 —4
Abraham Lincoln 14,349 62.2 8,718 37.8 —4

Election of 1860

The election of 1860 was a complex realigning election in which the breakdown of the previous two-party alignment culminated in four parties each competing for influence in different parts of the country. The result of the election, with the victory of an ardent opponent of slavery, spurred the secession of eleven states and brought about the American Civil War.

data-sort-type="number" YearWinner (nationally)data-sort-type="number" Votesdata-sort-type="number" PercentRunner-up (nationally)data-sort-type="number" Votesdata-sort-type="number" PercentRunner-up (nationally)data-sort-type="number" Votesdata-sort-type="number" PercentRunner-up (nationally)data-sort-type="number" Votesdata-sort-type="number" Percentdata-sort-type="number" Electoral
Votes
style"text-align:left" 1860Abraham Lincoln12,24461.4Stephen A. Douglas7,70738.6John C. Breckinridgeno ballotsJohn Bellno ballots4

Elections from 1828 to 1856

data-sort-type="number" YearWinner (nationally)data-sort-type="number" Votesdata-sort-type="number" PercentRunner-up (nationally)data-sort-type="number" Votesdata-sort-type="number" PercentOther national
candidates		data-sort-type="number" Votesdata-sort-type="number" Percentdata-sort-type="number" Electoral
Votes		Notes
6,680 33.70 John C. Frémont 11,467 57.85 1,675 8.45 4
Franklin Pierce 8,735 51.37 7,626 44.85 644 3.79 4
Zachary Taylor 6,779 60.77 3,646 32.68 730 6.54 4
4,867 39.58 Henry Clay 7,322 59.55 —4
William Henry Harrison 5,278 61.22 3,301 38.29 —4
Martin Van Buren 2,964 52.24 2,710 47.76 various 4
2,126 43.07 Henry Clay 2,810 56.93 no ballots 4
820 22.91 John Quincy Adams 2,755 76.96 —4

Election of 1824

The election of 1824 was a complex realigning election following the collapse of the prevailing Democratic-Republican Party, resulting in four different candidates each claiming to carry the banner of the party, and competing for influence in different parts of the country. The election was the only one in history to be decided by the House of Representatives under the provisions of the Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution after no candidate secured a majority of the electoral vote. It was also the only presidential election in which the candidate who received a plurality of electoral votes (Andrew Jackson) did not become president, a source of great bitterness for Jackson and his supporters, who proclaimed the election of Adams a corrupt bargain.

data-sort-type="number" YearWinner (nationally)data-sort-type="number" Votesdata-sort-type="number" PercentRunner-up (nationally)data-sort-type="number" Votesdata-sort-type="number" PercentRunner-up (nationally)data-sort-type="number" Votesdata-sort-type="number" PercentRunner-up (nationally)data-sort-type="number" Votesdata-sort-type="number" Percentdata-sort-type="number" Electoral
Votes
style"text-align:left" no ballots John Quincy Adams 2,145 91.47 no ballots 200 8.53 4

Elections from 1788 to 1820

In the election of 1820, incumbent President James Monroe ran effectively unopposed, winning all 4 of Rhode Island's electoral votes, and all electoral votes nationwide except one vote in New Hampshire. To the extent that a popular vote was held, it was primarily directed to filling the office of Vice President.

data-sort-type="number" YearWinner (nationally)Runner-up (nationally)data-sort-type="number" Electoral
Votes		Notes
James Monroe —4 Monroe effectively ran unopposed.
James Monroe 4
DeWitt Clinton 4
Charles C. Pinckney 4
Thomas Jefferson 4
John Adams 4
John Adams 4
George Washington —4 Washington effectively ran unopposed.
1788-89 United States presidential election in Rhode Island1788-89 —n/a Washington effectively ran unopposed, but Rhode Island did not participate in the election since it had not yet ratified the Constitution

See also

Notes and References

  1. News: Presidential Election Results: Biden Wins. The New York Times. 3 November 2020 . November 15, 2020.
  2. https://transition.fec.gov/pubrec/fe2016/federalelections2016.pdf 2016 official Federal Election Commission report
  3. http://www.fec.gov/pubrec/fe2012/federalelections2012.pdf 2012 official Federal Election Commission report
  4. http://www.fec.gov/pubrec/fe2008/federalelections2008.pdf 2008 official Federal Election Commission report
  5. Web site: Federal Elections 2004: Election Results for the U.S. President, the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives. May 2005 . Federal Elections Commission.
  6. Web site: 2000 Presidential Election Statistics. Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections.
  7. Web site: 1996 Presidential Election Statistics. Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. 2018-03-05.

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