RHODE ISLAND | 4 Electoral Votes |
Population
(Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Rhode Island Board of Elections)
Rhode Island counties: Providence, Kent, Washington, Newport, Bristol. 39 cities and towns. Government
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State
of Rhode Island Board of Elections Secretary of State Green
Party of RI |
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Voting Eligible Population*: 754,438. VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 62.3%. Record number of voters: "The total of 475,428 votes broke the 1992 record of 453,477 by more than 21,000." Deadline to register to vote in the General Election: Oct. 2, 2004. + |
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2008
Overview Obama-Biden carried the Ocean State with a plurality of 131,180 votes (27.84 percentage points). Obama/Allies | McCain/Allies | Nader |
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Registered
Voters, Feb.
7, 2008: Dem.
236,404
(35.54%)
Rep. 75,726 (11.39%) Unaffil. 352,961 (53.07%)
...Total 665,091
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Democrats 32 Delegates (21 Pledged, 11 Unpledged) and 4 Alternates. 0.79% of the 4,049 Delegate Votes. Official Results
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Republicans
20 Delegates: 3 RNC; 11 at-large; 6 by CD (3 x 2 CDs). 0.84% of the 2,380 Delegates. McCain
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Setting
the Primary Date
Rhode
Island looked set to become a late entrant in the February 5
stampede.
On Oct. 30, 2007 in a special session the General Assembly passed
S1152,
a bill by Sen. Leonidas Raptakis (D-Coventry, East Greenwich, Warwick,
West Warwick) to move the presidential primary from the first Tuesday
in
March to the first Tuesday in February (Feb. 5, 2008). (press
release) (Earlier, on Feb. 15, 2007 in the regular 2006
session,
Raptakis had introduced a similar measure, S0740. The Senate
approved
that measure on May 2, 2007 and referred it to the House Judiciary
Committee,
but it was not taken up). However, on Nov. 4, 2007 Gov. Don
Carcieri
(R) vetoed S1152, citing concerns of local election officials. (veto
message)
(General
Laws of Rhode Island -Chapter 17-12.1).
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Voting Eligible Population*: 747,046. VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 58.5%. Deadline to register to vote in the General Election: Oct. 2, 2004. |
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2004
Overview Kerry carried Rhode Island with a plurality of 86,413 votes (20.75 percentage points) |
General Election -- Tuesday, November 7, 2000 |
Voting Eligible Population*: 753,877. VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 54.2%. Note: Registration deadline to vote a full ballot was Oct. 7, 2000. People registering to vote from Oct. 8 up to and including Nov. 7 (16,505 of the total 671,612) were eligible to vote for President and Vice President only. |
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2000
Overview Gore comfortably won Rhode Island's four electoral votes, gaining a plurality of 118,953 votes (29.08 percentage points). Nader's 6-percent showing qualified the Green Party for ballot status in the next statewide election. |
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