Who won Rhode Island in the 2012 presidential election?

Obama (Democratic) carried Rhode Island in 2012, winning its 4 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Rhode Island have in 2012?

Rhode Island cast 4 electoral votes in the 2012 presidential election.

Did Rhode Island vote for the national winner in 2012?

Yes. Rhode Island backed Barack Obama, who won the presidency that year.

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Rhode Island: Obama carries 4 EV.

Rhode Island cast its 4 electoral votes for Obama (Democratic). National winner: Barack Obama (Democratic) — Rhode Island voted with the national winner this cycle.

What happened in Rhode Island, 2012

In 2012, Rhode Island awarded its 4 electoral votes to Obama of the Democratic party. Rhode Island ended up on the winning side — Barack Obama captured the White House that year.

It marked the 7th consecutive election in which Rhode Island backed the Democratic party, a streak reaching back to 1988. Rhode Island did not move alone — neighboring Connecticut and Massachusetts broke the same way in 2012. Across the 59 presidential elections Rhode Island has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Democratic party (25 times). The vote fell within the Modern Polarization — Close elections in a divided country.

In the national count, Barack Obama took 332 of the 538 electoral votes, against Mitt Romney's 206. Barack Obama led the national popular vote with 51.06% of the ballots cast.

The 2012 national map

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