RHODE ISLAND 4 Electoral Votes 
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Population 
(Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Rhode Island Board of Elections)
Total Resident Population, July 1, 2012 est.
 1,050,292
Registered Voters, Nov. 2012
    732,860
Dem. 299,006 (40.80%)    Rep. 77,175 (10.53%)    Mod. 1,090   Am.El. 109    Unaffil. 355,483 (48.51%)
Rhode Island counties: Providence, Kent, Washington, Newport, Bristol. 
39 cities and towns.

Government
Governor: Lincoln Chafee (I) elected 2010. 
State Legislature: Rhode Island General Assembly  House: 100 seats  Senate: 50 seats
Local: Cities and Towns   NACO Counties
U.S. House: 2D - 1. D.Cicilline (D) | 2. J.Langevin (D).
U.S. Senate: Jack Reed (D) re-elected in 2008, Sheldon Whitehouse (D) re-elected in 2012. 
2012
 U.S. Senate: Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D) won re-election, defeating businessman Barry Hinkley (R) by 64.8% to 35.0%.
U.S. House: Both Members were re-elected.  Rep. David Cicilline (D) defeated former Rhode Island State Police superintendent Brendan Doherty (R) by 53.0% to 40.8% and Rep. Jim Langevin (D) defeated Narragansett business owner Michael Riley (R) by 55.7% to 35.1%.
Ballot Measures: Voters approved all seven questions on the ballot, ranging from casino gaming to various bond measures.

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The Ocean State
General Election -- Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Voting Eligible Population*: 763,608.
VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 61.8%.

Note: Rhode Island General Law 17-1-3 allows an individual who has missed the voter registration deadline to register and vote for President/Vice-President only at their local Board of Canvassers on election day.
Official Results >

+Obama/Biden (Dem.)
 		279,677 (62.70)
Romney/Ryan (Rep.) 157,204 (35.24)
Johnson/Gray (Lib.)
 4,388 (0.98)
Stein/Honkala (Grn.)
 2,421 (0.27)
Goode/Clymer (Const.)
 430 (0.05)
Anderson/Rodriguez (Jus.)
 416
 (0.05)
Lindsay/Osorio (PS&L)
 132 (0.01)
write-ins
 1,381
 (0.15)
Total........446,049

26,030 of the 446,049 votes tallied for President were mail ballots.
 		Overview: Obama-Biden carried the Ocean State with a plurality of 122,473 votes (27.46 percentage points).  In terms of visits, Mitt Romney visited on April 11, before the primary; Jill Stein (G) visited on Aug. 18-19 and Oct. 11; and Jim Gray (L) appeared at Brown University on Sept. 20.
Obama  |  (Romney)
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[State Primary: September 11]
Presidential Preference Primary -- Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Rhode Island General Laws, Title 17, "Elections"  One of five primaries in Northeastern states held on April 24. 

Republicans
19 Delegates: 3 RNC; 10 at-large; 6 by CD (3 x 2 CDs).
0.80% of the 2,380 Delegates. 

Official Results
+Mitt Romney
 9,178
63.0%
Ron Paul
 3,473
23.8%
Newt Gingrich
 880
6.0%
Rick Santorum
 825
 5.7%
Buddy Roemer
 40
0.3%
write-in
 37
 0.3%
uncommitted
131
0.9%
Total
14,564

General Election -- Tuesday, November 4, 2008
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. +
Registration: Dem. 298,388 (42.55%)    Rep. 76,651 (10.93%)   Unaffil. 326,268 (46.52%)  ...Total 701,307
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+Obama/Biden (Dem.)
 		296,571 (62.95)
McCain/Palin (Rep.) 165,391 (35.11)
Nader/Gonzalez (Ind.)
 		4,829 (1.03)
Barr/Root (Lib.)
 1,382 (0.29)
McKinney/Clemente (Grn.)
 797 (0.17)
Baldwin/Castle (Const.)
 675
 (0.14)
La Riva (SL)
 122 (0.03)
write-ins
 1,332
 (0.28)
Total........471,099

Top write-ins were Hillary Clinton (655) and Ron Paul (472).
 		2008 Overview
Obama-Biden carried the Ocean State with a plurality of 131,180 votes (27.84 percentage points).
Obama/Allies  |  McCain/Allies  |  Nader

General Election-- Tuesday, November 7, 2004
Voting Eligible Population*: 747,046.
VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 58.5%.


 Deadline to register to vote in the General Election: Oct. 2, 2004.
Official Results

+Kerry/Edwards (Dem.)
 259,760
(59.42)
Bush/Cheney (Rep.)
 169,046
 (38.67)
Nader (Ref.) 4,651 (1.06)
Cobb (Grn.) 1,333
(0.30)
Badnarik (Lib.)
907
(0.21)
write-ins
 845
(0.19)
Peroutka (Const.)
 339
(0.08)
Parker (WWP)
253
(0.06)
Total........437,134
 



19,046 were mail ballots; the rest cast at polling places.		 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.
Official Results                 


+Gore/Lieberman (Dem.)
249,508
(60.99)
Bush/Cheney (Rep.)
130,555
(31.91)
Nader/LaDuke (Grn.)
25,052
(6.12)
Buchanan/Foster (Ref.)
2,273
(0.56)
Browne/Olivier (Lib.)
742
(0.18)
Hagelin/Goldhaber (NLP)
271
(0.07)
Moorehead/LaRiva(WWP)
199
(0.05)
Phillips/Frazier (Const.)
97
(0.02)
McReynolds/Hollis (Soc.)
52
(0.01)
Harris/Trowe (SWP)
34
(0.01)
write-ins 329 (0.08)
Total........409,112

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.

1992 and 1996 General Elections
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Clinton (Dem.)........213,299
(47.04)
Bush (Rep.)............104,683
(29.02)
Perot (PfP.).............43,723
(23.16)
Others (5+scat.)........3,533
(0.78)
Total........453,478

1996
Clinton (Dem.).........233,050
(59.71)
Dole (Rep.).............104,683
(26.82)
Perot (Ref.)..............43,723
(11.20)
Nader (Grn.)..............6,040
(1.55)
Others (4+scat.).........2,788
(0.71)
Total........390,284