2016 United States presidential election in Rhode Island

2016 United States presidential election in Rhode Island
Turnout	60.2% 0.6 pp
Clinton 50–60%	Trump 40–50%
	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

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 Romney's performance; Romney lost the state by 27 points, whereas Trump lost by less than 16 points. 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

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

Rhode Island Democratic primary, April 26, 2016
Candidate	Popular vote		Estimated delegates
Candidate	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: ^[4]^[5]^[6]

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
Candidate	Votes	Percentage	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Marco Rubio (withdrawn)	382	0.6%	0	0	0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

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
Los Angeles Times^[7]	Safe D	November 6, 2016
CNN^[8]	Safe D	November 4, 2016
Cook Political Report^[9]	Safe D	November 7, 2016
Electoral-vote.com^[10]	Safe D	November 8, 2016
Sabato's Crystal Ball^[11]	Safe D	November 7, 2016
Fox News^[12]	Safe D	November 7, 2016

Results

2016 United States presidential election in Rhode Island ^[13]^[14]
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%

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

Kent (largest city: Warwick) ^[15]

Municipalities that flipped from Democratic to Republican

Burrillville (Providence County)
Coventry (Kent County)
Exeter (Washington County)
Foster (Providence County)
Glocester (Providence County)
Hopkinton (Washington County)
Johnston (Providence County)
Lincoln (Providence County)
North Smithfield (Providence County)
Richmond (Washington County)
Smithfield (Providence County)
West Warwick (Kent County)

Municipalities that flipped from Republican to Democratic

East Greenwich (Kent County)

References

^
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).
- For the number of votes cast, see "Official 2016 Presidential General Election Results". Rhode Island Board of Elections. February 27, 2017. Retrieved February 6, 2018.
- For the estimated number of registered voters, see "STATEWIDE - VOTER REGISTRATION SUMMARY" (PDF). Rhode Island Board of Elections. October 9, 2016. Retrieved February 6, 2018.
^ "2012 Presidential Election Results - Rhode Island by City and Town". U.S. Election Atlas. David Leip. Retrieved 2016-11-25.
^ ^a ^b Patrick Anderson. "Candidates in both parties gear up for spot on R.I. primary ballot". The Providence Journal. Retrieved 5 February 2016.
^ The Green Papers
^ Rhode Island Board of Elections
^ Rhode Island Democratic Party - Official Pledged Delegates Allocation
^ "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.
^ 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.
^ Sabato, Larry J. (November 7, 2016). "2016 President". University of Virginia Center for Politics. Retrieved March 3, 2019.
^ "Electoral Scorecard: Map shifts again in Trump's favor, as Clinton holds edge". Fox News. 2016-11-07. Retrieved 2016-11-13.
^ "Rhode Island Election Results". Retrieved December 12, 2016.
^ https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=2016&fips=44&f=0&off=0&elect=0&minper=0
^ Bump, Philip. "The counties that flipped parties to swing the 2016 election". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2020-09-01.

External links

[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).
For the number of votes cast, see "Official 2016 Presidential General Election Results". Rhode Island Board of Elections. February 27, 2017. Retrieved February 6, 2018.

For the estimated number of registered voters, see "STATEWIDE - VOTER REGISTRATION SUMMARY" (PDF). Rhode Island Board of Elections. October 9, 2016. Retrieved February 6, 2018.

[2] For the number of votes cast, see "Official 2016 Presidential General Election Results". Rhode Island Board of Elections. February 27, 2017. Retrieved February 6, 2018.

[3] For the estimated number of registered voters, see "STATEWIDE - VOTER REGISTRATION SUMMARY" (PDF). Rhode Island Board of Elections. October 9, 2016. Retrieved February 6, 2018.

[2] "2012 Presidential Election Results - Rhode Island by City and Town". U.S. Election Atlas. David Leip. Retrieved 2016-11-25.

[patrickanderson-3] Patrick Anderson. "Candidates in both parties gear up for spot on R.I. primary ballot". The Providence Journal. Retrieved 5 February 2016.

[4] The Green Papers

[5] Rhode Island Board of Elections

[6] Rhode Island Democratic Party - Official Pledged Delegates Allocation

[7] "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.

[8] Chalian, David (November 4, 2016). "Road to 270: CNN's new election map". CNN. Retrieved March 3, 2019.

[9] "2016 Electoral Scorecard". The Cook Political Report. November 7, 2016. Retrieved March 3, 2019.

[10] "2016 Electoral Map Prediction". Electoral-vote.com. November 8, 2016. Retrieved March 3, 2019.

[11] Sabato, Larry J. (November 7, 2016). "2016 President". University of Virginia Center for Politics. Retrieved March 3, 2019.

[12] "Electoral Scorecard: Map shifts again in Trump's favor, as Clinton holds edge". Fox News. 2016-11-07. Retrieved 2016-11-13.

[13] "Rhode Island Election Results". Retrieved December 12, 2016.

[14] ttps://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=2016&fips=44&f=0&off=0&elect=0&minper=0

[15] 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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