2016 United States presidential election in Rhode Island

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.

Main article: 2016 United States presidential election
2016 United States presidential election in Rhode Island
November 8, 2016
Turnout60.2%[1] 0.6 pp
 
Nominee Hillary Clinton Donald Trump
Party Democratic Republican
Home state New York New York
Running mate Tim Kaine Mike Pence
Electoral vote 4 0
Popular vote 252,525 180,543
Percentage 54.41% 38.90%
County Results
Municipality Results
Results by county showing number of votes by size and candidates by color
President before election

Barack Obama
Democratic

 Elected President

Donald Trump
Republican

Treemap of the popular vote by county.
Elections in Rhode Island
Federal government
U.S. President
U.S. Senate
U.S. House
State government
General elections
Gubernatorial elections
State Senate elections
State House of Representatives elections
Providence
Mayoral elections

In 2012, Mitt 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

Democratic primary
Main article: 2016 Rhode Island Democratic presidential primary

Four candidates appeared on the Democratic presidential primary ballot:[3]

Rhode Island Democratic primary, April 26, 2016
Candidate Popular vote Estimated delegates
Count Percentage Pledged Unpledged Total
Bernie Sanders 66,993 54.71% 13 0 13
Hillary Clinton 52,749 43.08% 11 9 20
Mark Stewart 236 0.19% 0 0 0
Rocky De La Fuente 145 0.12% 0 0 0
Write-in 673 0.55% 0 0 0
Uncommitted 1,662 1.36% 0 0 0
Total 122,458 100% 24 9 33
Source: The Green Papers, Rhode Island Board of Elections and
Rhode Island Democratic Party - Official Pledged Delegates Allocation

Republican primary

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 62.92% 12 0 12
John Kasich 14,963 24.01% 5 0 5
Ted Cruz 6,416 10.29% 2 0 2
Uncommitted 417 0.67% 0 0 0
Marco Rubio (withdrawn) 382 0.61% 0 0 0
Unprojected delegates: 0 0 0
Total: 62,331 100.00% 19 0 19
Source: The Green Papers

General election

Predictions
Source Ranking As of
Los Angeles Times[4] Safe D November 6, 2016
CNN[5] Safe D November 4, 2016
Cook Political Report[6] Safe D November 7, 2016
Electoral-vote.com[7] Safe D November 8, 2016
Sabato's Crystal Ball[8] Safe D November 7, 2016
Fox News[9] Safe D November 7, 2016

Results
2016 United States presidential election in Rhode Island [10][11]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Hillary Clinton 252,525 54.41%
Republican Donald Trump 180,543 38.90%
Libertarian Gary Johnson 14,746 3.18%
Green Jill Stein 6,220 1.34%
Write-in Evan McMullin 759 0.16%
American Delta Rocky De La Fuente 671 0.14%
Write-in Mike Maturen 46 0.01%
Write-in Darrell Castle 30 0.01%
Write-in Other write-ins 8,604 1.85%
Total votes 464,144 100.00%
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.

Results by county
County Clinton% Clinton# Trump% Trump# Others% Others# Total
Bristol 57.35% 14,609 35.19% 8,965 7.46% 1901 25,475
Kent 46.05% 37,788 46.72% 38,336 7.23% 5929 82,053
Newport 55.67% 22,851 36.73% 15,077 7.59% 3117 41,045
Providence 57.78% 143,571 36.31% 90,210 5.91% 14693 248,474
Washington 50.84% 33,741 41.03% 27,230 8.13% 5398 66,369

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

Municipalities that flipped from Democratic to Republican

Municipalities that flipped from Republican to Democratic

See also

References
  1. 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).
  2. "2012 Presidential Election Results - Rhode Island by City and Town". U.S. Election Atlas. David Leip. Retrieved 2016-11-25.
  3. Patrick Anderson. "Candidates in both parties gear up for spot on R.I. primary ballot". The Providence Journal. Retrieved 5 February 2016.
  4. "Our final map has Clinton winning with 352 electoral votes. Compare your picks with ours". Los Angeles Times. 2016-11-06. Retrieved 2016-11-13.
  5. Chalian, David (November 4, 2016). "Road to 270: CNN's new election map". CNN. Retrieved March 3, 2019.
  6. "2016 Electoral Scorecard". The Cook Political Report. November 7, 2016. Retrieved March 3, 2019.
  7. "2016 Electoral Map Prediction". Electoral-vote.com. November 8, 2016. Retrieved March 3, 2019.
  8. Sabato, Larry J. (November 7, 2016). "2016 President". University of Virginia Center for Politics. Retrieved March 3, 2019.
  9. "Electoral Scorecard: Map shifts again in Trump's favor, as Clinton holds edge". Fox News. 2016-11-07. Retrieved 2016-11-13.
  10. "Rhode Island Election Results". Retrieved December 12, 2016.
  11. https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=2016&fips=44&f=0&off=0&elect=0&minper=0
  12. Bump, Philip. "The counties that flipped parties to swing the 2016 election". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2020-09-01.
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