2024 United States presidential election in Rhode Island

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2024 United States presidential election in Rhode Island

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Nominee Kamala Harris Donald Trump Party Democratic Republican Home state California Florida Running mate Tim Walz JD Vance Electoral vote 4 0 Popular vote 285,156 214,406 Percentage 55.54% 41.76%

County results Congressional district results Municipality results Harris   40–50%   50–60%   60–70%   70–80% Trump   40–50%   50–60%   60–70%

President before election Joe Biden Democratic Elected President Donald Trump Republican

The 2024 United States presidential election in Rhode Island was held on Tuesday, November 5, 2024, as part of the 2024 United States elections in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia will participate. Rhode Island voters chose electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote. The state of Rhode Island has four electoral votes in the Electoral College.

A New England state, Rhode Island has not voted for a Republican candidate since 1984, when Ronald Reagan won in a 49-state landslide. It is a deeply blue state, being one of three states (along with Hawaii and Massachusetts) in 2020 to have every county vote for Democrat Joe Biden.

Although Harris won the state comfortably, including every county, this was the closest election in Rhode Island since 1988, as well as the first election since 1936 that the state voted to the right of neighboring Connecticut and the first since 1956 that the state voted to the right of Delaware, Oregon or Washington state.

Primary elections

Republican primary

Main article: 2024 Rhode Island Republican presidential primary

The Rhode Island Republican primary was held on April 2, 2024, alongside primaries in Connecticut, New York, and Wisconsin.

Rhode Island Republican primary, April 2, 2024 ^[1]

Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Actual delegate count
			Bound	Unbound	Total
Donald Trump	10,898	84.5%	17		17
Nikki Haley (withdrawn)	1,371	10.6%	2		2
Uncommitted	257	2.0%
Ron DeSantis (withdrawn)	178	1.4%
Chris Christie (withdrawn)	154	1.2%
Vivek Ramaswamy (withdrawn)	40	0.3%
Total:	12,898	100.0%	19		19

Democratic primary

Main article: 2024 Rhode Island Democratic presidential primary

The Rhode Island Democratic primary was held on April 2, 2024, alongside primaries in Connecticut, New York, and Wisconsin.

Rhode Island Democratic primary, April 2, 2024 ^[2]

Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Actual delegate count
			Pledged	Unpledged	Total
Joe Biden (incumbent)	21,336	80.7%	25		25
Uncommitted	3,834	14.5%	1		1
Dean Phillips (withdrawn)	660	2.5%
Write-in votes	593	2.2%
Total:	26,423	100.0%	26	8	34

General election

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
Cook Political Report [3]	Solid D	December 19, 2023
Inside Elections [4]	Solid D	April 26, 2023
Sabato's Crystal Ball [5]	Safe D	June 29, 2023
Decision Desk HQ/The Hill [6]	Safe D	December 14, 2023
CNalysis [7]	Solid D	December 30, 2023
CNN [8]	Solid D	January 14, 2024
The Economist [9]	Safe D	August 20, 2024
538 [10]	Solid D	August 23, 2024
RCP [11]	Solid D	June 26, 2024
NBC News [12]	Safe D	October 6, 2024

Polling

Kamala Harris vs. Donald Trump

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size [a]	Margin of error	Kamala Harris Democratic	Donald Trump Republican	Other / Undecided
MassINC Polling Group [13] [A]	September 12–18, 2024	800 (LV)	± 3.9%	56%	43%	1%

Kamala Harris vs. Donald Trump vs. Cornel West vs. Jill Stein vs. Chase Oliver

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size [a]	Margin of error	Kamala Harris Democratic	Donald Trump Republican	Cornel West Independent	Jill Stein Green	Chase Oliver Libertarian	Other / Undecided
University of New Hampshire [14]	September 12–16, 2024	683 (LV)	± 3.7%	58%	38%	–	2%	0%	2% [b]

Kamala Harris vs. Donald Trump vs. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. vs. Cornel West vs. Jill Stein vs. Chase Oliver

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size [a]	Margin of error	Kamala Harris Democratic	Donald Trump Republican	Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Independent	Cornel West Independent	Jill Stein Green	Chase Oliver Libertarian	Other / Undecided
MassINC Polling Group [13] [A]	September 12–18, 2024	800 (LV)	± 3.9%	53%	40%	2%	0%	1%	–	4%

Kamala Harris vs. Donald Trump vs. Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size [a]	Margin of error	Kamala Harris Democratic	Donald Trump Republican	Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Independent	Other / Undecided
University of Rhode Island/YouGov [15]	August 15 – September 8, 2024	500 (A)	± 6.0%	53%	27%	9%	11% [c]

Hypothetical polling with Joe Biden and Donald Trump

Joe Biden vs. Donald Trump

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size [a]	Margin of error	Joe Biden Democratic	Donald Trump Republican	Other / Undecided
University of New Hampshire [16]	May 16–20, 2024	538 (LV)	± 4.2%	60%	40%	–
John Zogby Strategies [17] [B]	April 13–21, 2024	398 (LV)	–	48%	43%	9%
Fleming & Associates [18] [C]	September 29 – October 2, 2022	402 (LV)	± 4.9%	49%	32%	19%
Echelon Insights [19] [D]	August 31 – September 7, 2022	373 (LV)	± 6.1%	51%	37%	12%

Joe Biden vs. Donald Trump vs. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. vs. Cornel West vs. Jill Stein

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size [a]	Margin of error	Joe Biden Democratic	Donald Trump Republican	Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Independent	Cornel West Independent	Jill Stein Green	Other / Undecided
University of New Hampshire [16]	May 16–20, 2024	538 (LV)	± 4.2%	52%	33%	6%	1%	0%	8%

Joe Biden vs. Donald Trump vs. Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size [a]	Margin of error	Joe Biden Democratic	Donald Trump Republican	Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Independent	Other / Undecided
Embold Research [20] [E]	June 5–14, 2024	1,450 (LV)	± 2.8%	40%	33%	12%	15%

Hypothetical polling with other candidates

Joe Biden vs. Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size [a]	Margin of error	Joe Biden Democratic	Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Independent	Other / Undecided
John Zogby Strategies [17] [B]	April 13–21, 2024	398 (LV)	–	40%	48%	12%

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. vs. Donald Trump

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size [a]	Margin of error	Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Independent	Donald Trump Republican	Other / Undecided
John Zogby Strategies [17] [B]	April 13–21, 2024	398 (LV)	–	46%	40%	14%

Joe Biden vs. Ron DeSantis

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size [a]	Margin of error	Joe Biden Democratic	Ron DeSantis Republican	Other / Undecided
Echelon Insights [19] [D]	August 31 – September 7, 2022	373 (LV)	± 6.1%	47%	36%	17%

Results

2024 United States presidential election in Rhode Island ^[21]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	' Kamala Harris Tim Walz '	285,156	55.54%	3.85%
	Republican	Donald Trump JD Vance	214,406	41.76%	3.15%
	Independent	Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (withdrawn) Nicole Shanahan (withdrawn)	5,045	0.98%	N/A
	Green	Jill Stein Butch Ware	2,900	0.56%	N/A
	Libertarian	Chase Oliver Mike ter Maat	1,617	0.31%	0.67%
	Socialism and Liberation	Claudia De la Cruz Karina Garcia	1,176	0.23%	0.07%
	Party	Robby Wells Tony Jones	359	0.07%	N/A
	Write-in		2,727	0.53%
Total votes			513,386	100.00%	N/A

By county

Swing by county:

  Republican — +2.5-5%

  Republican — +5-7.5%

  Republican — +7.5-10%

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County	Kamala Harris Democratic		Donald Trump Republican		Various candidates Other parties		Margin		Total votes cast
	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%
Bristol	17,458	61.61%	10,048	35.46%	829	2.93%	7,410	26.15%	28,335
Kent	46,269	49.67%	44,526	47.80%	2,353	2.53%	1,743	1.87%	93,148
Newport	27,332	61.26%	16,027	35.92%	1,259	2.82%	11,305	25.34%	44,618
Providence	150,102	55.66%	112,443	41.70%	7,134	2.64%	37,659	13.96%	269,679
Washington	42,589	56.01%	31,247	41.10%	2,200	2.89%	11,342	14.91%	76,036
Totals	285,156	55.54%	214,406	41.76%	13,824	2.69%	70,750	13.78%	513,386

By congressional district

Harris won both congressional districts. ^{[22] [ user-generated source ]}

District	Harris	Trump	Representative
1st	60%	38%	Gabe Amo
2nd	52%	45%	Seth Magaziner

See also

• United States presidential elections in Rhode Island
• 2024 United States presidential election
• 2024 Democratic Party presidential primaries
• 2024 Republican Party presidential primaries
• 2024 United States elections
• Party Party of Rhode Island

Notes

1. Key:
   A – all adults
   RV – registered voters
   LV – likely voters
   V – unclear
2. "Another candidate" with 1%; "Don't know/Not sure" with 1%
3. "Another candidate" with 1%

Partisan clients

1. Poll sponsored by Rhode Island Current
2. Poll conducted for Kennedy's campaign
3. Poll sponsored by WPRI-TV & Roger Williams University
4. Poll sponsored by NetChoice
5. Poll sponsored by Salve Regina University

References

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13. Lavin, Nancy (September 23, 2024). "Harris has 12% lead over Trump among R.I. voters in new poll". Rhode Island Current.
14. McKinley, Sean; Smith, Andrew; Azem, Zachary; Keirns, Tracy (September 18, 2024). "Harris Seen as Debate Victor, Holds Comfortable Lead Over Trump in Rhode Island". University of New Hampshire . Retrieved September 19, 2024.
15. "The Rhode Island Survey Initiative, 2024" (PDF). University of Rhode Island. October 15, 2024.
16. McKinley, Sean; Smith, Andrew; Azem, Zachary; Keirns, Tracy (May 23, 2024). "Biden Comfortably Leads Trump in Rhode Island Despite Low Job Approval". University of New Hampshire Scholars' Repository.
17. "Biden Is the Real Spoiler, Kennedy Only Candidate Who Can Beat Trump". Kennedy24. May 1, 2024.
18. Nesi, Ted; White, Tim (October 6, 2022). "12 News/RWU Poll: Fung leads Magaziner in race for Congress". WPRI.
19. Chavez, Krista (September 13, 2022). "New National Poll: 89% of Americans Say Congress Should Focus on Addressing Inflation, Not Breaking Up Tech". NetChoice.
20. Nesi, Ted (June 25, 2024). "Poll: Biden holds single-digit lead in RI; McKee job approval slumps to 36%". WPRI .
21. "2024 General Election". State of Rhode Island Board of Elections. Retrieved November 22, 2024.
22. https://x.com/DrewSav/status/1865553207826567461