2024 Rhode Island Republican presidential primary

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2024 Rhode Island Republican presidential primary
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  2020 April 2, 20242028 
  NY
WI  

19 Republican National Convention delegates
  Donald Trump 2023 (cropped).jpg Nikki Haley (53299447738) (cropped).jpg
Candidate Donald Trump Nikki Haley
(withdrawn)
Home state Florida South Carolina
Delegate count172
Popular vote10,8981,371
Percentage84.5%10.6%

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2024 Rhode Island Republican presidential primary results by township map.svg

The 2024 Rhode Island Republican presidential primary was held on April 2, 2024, as part of the Republican Party primaries for the 2024 presidential election. 19 delegates to the 2024 Republican National Convention were allocated on a winner-take-most basis. [1] The contest was be held alongside primaries in Delaware, New York, and Wisconsin.

Even though Trump cruised to victory, he showed a poorer result as compared to his performance in 2020, getting almost 3% less votes. [2] Conversely, Nikki Haley crossed the 10% threshold, [3] recording her best results in the suburban [4] town of Barrington, which Donald Trump lost in the 2016 primary [5] and the island town of New Shoreham.

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size [lower-alpha 1]
Margin
of error
Ron
DeSantis
Donald
Trump
Other
Echelon Insights Aug 31 – Sep 7, 2022102 (LV)± 6.1%38%54%8%

Endorsements

No endorsements have been made as of early March 2024.

Results

Swing for Trump by township:
+0% to +5%
-0% to -5%
-5% to -10%
-10% to -15%
-15% to -20%
-20% or more 2024 Rhode Island Republican presidential primary results by township swing map.svg
Swing for Trump by township:
  +0% to +5%
  -0% to -5%
  -5% to -10%
  -10% to -15%
  -15% to -20%
  -20% or more

Trump swept through every county and municipality in the state, but lost ground in comparison to his 2020 performance. Having officially run unopposed both times, he recorded poorer results in 2024 in all but two towns.

Rhode Island Republican primary, April 2, 2024
CandidateVotesPercentageActual delegate count
BoundUnboundTotal
Donald Trump 10,89884.5%1717
Nikki Haley (withdrawn)1,37110.6%22
Uncommitted 2572.0%
Ron DeSantis (withdrawn)1781.4%
Chris Christie (withdrawn)1541.2%
Vivek Ramaswamy (withdrawn)400.3%
Total:12,898100.0%1919
Source: [6]

See also

Notes

  1. Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear

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