Rhode Island

Party timeline · 1792–2024

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Swing timeline · Rhode Island

One column per cycle. Height is the state’s electoral votes, colour is the party that carried it, and a diamond marks a flip. 18 flips across 59 cycles.

Electoral votes over time

By party · all cycles

Dem 24

Rep 21

Fed 4

D-R 4

Popular vote · newest first

Swing is how far the gap between the Democratic and Republican shares moved since the state’s previous election with sourced votes: “R +1.6” means 1.6 points toward the Republican.

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Rhode Island in every presidential election: who carried it, popular vote, margin and swing
Year	Carried by	Dem	Rep	Others named	Margin	Swing
2024	Dem Harris	Harris 285,156 55.6%	Trump 214,406 41.8%	None	70,750 13.8 pts	R +7.0 since 2020
2020	Dem Biden	Biden 307,486 59.5%	Trump 199,922 38.7%	None	107,564 20.8 pts	D +5.3 since 2016
2016¹	Dem Clinton	Clinton 252,525 54.4%	Trump 180,543 38.9%	Gary Johnson 14,746 · 3.2% Jill Stein 6,220 · 1.3%	71,982 15.5 pts	R +11.9 since 2012
2012	Dem Obama	Obama 279,677 62.7%	Romney 157,204 35.2%	None	122,473 27.5 pts	R +0.3 since 2008
2008	Dem Obama	Obama 296,571 62.9%	McCain 165,391 35.1%	Ralph Nader 4,829 · 1.0%	131,180 27.8 pts	D +7.1 since 2004
2004	Dem Kerry	Kerry 259,760 59.4%	Bush 169,046 38.7%	Ralph Nader 4,651 · 1.1%	90,714 20.8 pts	R +8.3 since 2000
2000	Dem Gore	Gore 249,508 61.0%	Bush 130,555 31.9%	Ralph Nader 25,052 · 6.1%	118,953 29.1 pts	R +3.8 since 1996
1996	Dem Clinton	Clinton 233,050 59.7%	Dole 104,683 26.8%	Ross Perot 43,723 · 11.2% Ralph Nader 6,040 · 1.5%	128,367 32.9 pts	D +14.9 since 1992
1992	Dem Clinton	Clinton 213,299 47.0%	Bush 131,601 29.0%	Ross Perot 105,045 · 23.2%	81,698 18.0 pts	D +6.3 since 1988
1988	Dem Dukakis	Dukakis 225,123 55.6%	Bush 177,761 43.9%	None	47,362 11.7 pts	D +15.4 since 1984
1984	Rep Reagan	Mondale 197,106 48.0%	Reagan 212,080 51.7%	None	14,974 3.6 pts	R +14.1 since 1980
1980	Dem Carter	Carter 198,342 47.7%	Reagan 154,793 37.2%	John B. Anderson 59,819 · 14.4%	43,549 10.5 pts	R +0.8 since 1976
1976	Dem Carter	Carter 227,636 55.4%	Ford 181,249 44.1%	None	46,387 11.3 pts	D +17.5 since 1972
1972	Rep Nixon	McGovern 194,645 46.8%	Nixon 220,383 53.0%	None	25,738 6.2 pts	R +38.4 since 1968
1968	Dem Humphrey	Humphrey 246,518 64.0%	Nixon 122,359 31.8%	George Wallace 15,678 · 4.1%	124,159 32.3 pts	R +29.5 since 1964
1964	Dem Johnson	Johnson 315,463 80.9%	Goldwater 74,615 19.1%	None	240,848 61.7 pts	D +34.5 since 1960
1960	Dem Kennedy	Kennedy 258,032 63.6%	Nixon 147,502 36.4%	None	110,530 27.3 pts	D +43.8 since 1956
1956	Rep Eisenhower	Stevenson 161,790 41.7%	Eisenhower 225,819 58.3%	None	64,029 16.5 pts	R +14.7 since 1952
1952	Rep Eisenhower	Stevenson 203,293 49.0%	Eisenhower 210,935 50.9%	None	7,642 1.8 pts	R +18.3 since 1948
1948	Dem Truman	Truman 188,619 57.8%	Dewey 134,892 41.4%	None	53,727 16.5 pts	R +0.9 since 1944
1944	Dem Roosevelt	Roosevelt 175,356 58.6%	Dewey 123,487 41.3%	None	51,869 17.3 pts	D +3.9 since 1940
1940	Dem Roosevelt	Roosevelt 181,122 56.7%	Willkie 138,214 43.2%	None	42,908 13.4 pts	D +0.5 since 1936
1936	Dem Roosevelt	Roosevelt 165,233 53.1%	Landon 125,012 40.2%	William Lemke 19,569 · 6.3%	40,221 12.9 pts	D +1.2 since 1932
1932	Dem Roosevelt	Roosevelt 146,604 55.1%	Hoover 115,266 43.3%	Norman Thomas 3,138 · 1.2%	31,338 11.8 pts	D +11.2 since 1928
1928²	Dem Smith	Smith 118,973² 49.0%	Hoover 117,522² 48.4%	None	1,451 0.6 pts	D +23.8 since 1924
1924	Rep Coolidge	Davis 76,606 36.5%	Coolidge 125,286 59.6%	Robert M. La Follette 7,628 · 3.6%	48,680 23.2 pts	D +8.0 since 1920
1920^3,4	Rep Harding	Cox 55,062³ 32.8%	Harding 107,463³ 64.0%	Eugene V. Debs 4,351 · 2.6%³	52,401 31.2 pts	R +26.1 since 1916
1916	Rep Hughes	Wilson 40,394 46.0%	Hughes 44,858 51.1%	Allan L. Benson 1,914 · 2.2%	4,464 5.1 pts	R +8.2 since 1912
1912⁵	Dem Wilson	Wilson 30,142⁵ 38.7%	Taft 27,703⁵ 35.6%	Theodore Roosevelt 16,878 · 21.7%⁵ Eugene V. Debs 2,049 · 2.6%⁵	2,439 3.1 pts	D +29.7 since 1908
1908	Rep Taft	Bryan 24,706 34.2%	Taft 43,942 60.8%	Eugene V. Debs 1,365 · 1.9% Thomas L. Hisgen 1,105 · 1.5% Eugene W. Chafin 1,016 · 1.4%	19,236 26.6 pts	R +2.2 since 1904
1904	Rep Roosevelt	Parker 24,839 36.2%	Roosevelt 41,605 60.6%	Eugene V. Debs 956 · 1.4% Silas C. Swallow 768 · 1.1%	16,766 24.4 pts	D +0.3 since 1900
1900⁶	Rep McKinley	Bryan 19,812⁶ 35.0%	McKinley 33,784⁶ 59.7%	John G. Woolley 1,529 · 2.7%⁶ Joseph F. Malloney 1,423 · 2.5%⁶	13,972 24.7 pts	D +17.2 since 1896
1896⁷	Rep McKinley	Bryan 14,459⁷ 26.4%	McKinley 37,437⁷ 68.3%	John M. Palmer 1,166 · 2.1%⁷ Joshua Levering 1,160 · 2.1%⁷ Charles H. Matchett 558 · 1.0%⁷	22,978 41.9 pts	R +37.0 since 1892
1892⁸	Rep Harrison	Cleveland 24,335⁸ 45.8%	Harrison 26,972⁸ 50.7%	John Bidwell 1,654 · 3.1%⁸	2,637 5.0 pts	D +5.9 since 1888
1888	Rep Harrison	Cleveland 17,530 43.0%	Harrison 21,968 53.9%	Clinton B. Fisk 1,250 · 3.1%	4,438 10.9 pts	D +9.4 since 1884
1884⁹	Rep Blaine	Cleveland 12,391⁹ 37.8%	Blaine 19,030⁹ 58.1%	John P. St. John 928 · 2.8%⁹ Benjamin F. Butler 422 · 1.3%⁹	6,639 20.3 pts	D +5.1 since 1880
1880¹⁰	Rep Garfield	Hancock 10,779¹⁰ 36.9%	Garfield 18,195¹⁰ 62.3%	None	7,416 25.4 pts	R +6.3 since 1876
1876¹¹	Rep Hayes	Tilden 10,712¹¹ 40.2%	Hayes 15,787¹¹ 59.3%	None	5,075 19.1 pts	D +24.8 since 1872
1872^12,13	Rep Grant	Greeley 5,329¹² 28.1%	Grant 13,665¹² 71.9%	None	8,336 43.9 pts	R +11.2 since 1868
1868¹⁴	Rep Grant	Seymour 6,548¹⁴ 33.7%	Grant 12,903¹⁴ 66.3%	None	6,355 32.7 pts	First sourced year
1864¹⁵	Rep Lincoln	State popular vote not yet sourced.
1860¹⁶	Rep Lincoln	State popular vote not yet sourced.
1856¹⁷	Rep Fremont	State popular vote not yet sourced.
1852¹⁸	Dem Pierce	State popular vote not yet sourced.
1848¹⁹	Whig Taylor	State popular vote not yet sourced.
1844²⁰	Whig Clay	State popular vote not yet sourced.
1840²¹	Whig Harrison	State popular vote not yet sourced.
1836²²	Dem Van Buren	State popular vote not yet sourced.
1832²³	N-R Clay	State popular vote not yet sourced.
1828²⁴	N-R John Quincy Adams	State popular vote not yet sourced.
1824²⁵	D-R John Quincy Adams	State popular vote not yet sourced.
1820²⁶	D-R Monroe	State popular vote not yet sourced.
1816²⁷	D-R Monroe	State popular vote not yet sourced.
1812²⁸	Fed Clinton	State popular vote not yet sourced.
1808²⁹	Fed Pinckney	State popular vote not yet sourced.
1804³⁰	D-R Jefferson	State popular vote not yet sourced.
1800³¹	Fed Adams John Adams 4, Charles C. Pinckney 3, John Jay 1	State popular vote not yet sourced.
1796³²	Fed Adams John Adams 4, Oliver Ellsworth 4	State popular vote not yet sourced.
1792³³	Ind Washington George Washington 4, John Adams 4	Electors were chosen by the legislature.

Shares are of the state’s total vote for president. Margin is the leader’s lead over the second-placed candidate. “Others named” lists every other candidate the figures give a line of their own.

Notes on the figures

2016 The source reports 9,439 write-in votes on one line with no candidate name, so the people they went to cannot be shown separately; they are counted in 'Other candidates'.
1928 The official table notes: Footnote 18: 'Defective ballots and blanks, 5,590, included in grand total.'
1920 The official table prints no state total here; the total is the sum of the tickets it lists.
1920 The official table notes: The state page (PDF page 17) also lists Blank ballots 5,407 and Defective ballots 1,081; these are not votes for any ticket and are not transcribed.
1912 The official table's state total (77,894) is 270 more than the tickets it lists; the difference is counted under other candidates.
1900 The official table's state total (56,568) is 20 more than the tickets it lists; the difference is counted under other candidates.
1896 The official table prints no state total here; the total is the sum of the tickets it lists.
1892 The official table prints no state total here; the total is the sum of the tickets it lists.
1884 The official table prints no state total here; the total is the sum of the tickets it lists.
1880 The official table prints no state total here; the total is the sum of the tickets it lists.
1876 The official table prints no state total here; the total is the sum of the tickets it lists.
1872 Horace Greeley was the Liberal Republican nominee and was also endorsed by the Democratic Party; he is listed under the Democratic column, where the county file records his votes.
1872 The official table prints no state total here; the total is the sum of the tickets it lists.
1868 The official table prints no state total here; the total is the sum of the tickets it lists.
1864 State popular vote not yet sourced.
1860 State popular vote not yet sourced.
1856 State popular vote not yet sourced.
1852 State popular vote not yet sourced.
1848 State popular vote not yet sourced.
1844 State popular vote not yet sourced.
1840 State popular vote not yet sourced.
1836 State popular vote not yet sourced.
1832 State popular vote not yet sourced.
1828 State popular vote not yet sourced.
1824 State popular vote not yet sourced.
1820 State popular vote not yet sourced.
1816 State popular vote not yet sourced.
1812 State popular vote not yet sourced.
1808 State popular vote not yet sourced.
1804 State popular vote not yet sourced.
1800 State popular vote not yet sourced.
1796 State popular vote not yet sourced.
1792 The state legislature chose the electors; there was no popular vote.

SourcesMIT Election Data and Science Lab, U.S. President 1976–2024 (CC0 1.0, retrieved 2026-10-03); Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 7, 1972 (Public domain: a work of the United States government (17 U.S.C. 105), retrieved 2026-10-03); Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 5, 1968 (Public domain: a work of the United States government (17 U.S.C. 105), retrieved 2026-10-03); Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 3, 1964 (Public domain: a work of the United States government (17 U.S.C. 105), retrieved 2026-10-03); Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 8, 1960 (Public domain: a work of the United States government (17 U.S.C. 105), retrieved 2026-10-03); Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 6, 1956 (Public domain: a work of the United States government (17 U.S.C. 105), retrieved 2026-10-03); Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 4, 1952 (Public domain: a work of the United States government (17 U.S.C. 105), retrieved 2026-10-03); Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 2, 1948 (Public domain: a work of the United States government (17 U.S.C. 105), retrieved 2026-10-03); Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 7, 1944 (Public domain: a work of the United States government (17 U.S.C. 105), retrieved 2026-10-03); Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 5, 1940 (Public domain: a work of the United States government (17 U.S.C. 105), retrieved 2026-10-03); Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 3, 1936 (Public domain: a work of the United States government (17 U.S.C. 105), retrieved 2026-10-03); Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 8, 1932 (Public domain: a work of the United States government (17 U.S.C. 105), retrieved 2026-10-03); Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 6, 1928 (Public domain: a work of the United States government (17 U.S.C. 105), retrieved 2026-10-03); Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 4, 1924 (Public domain: a work of the United States government (17 U.S.C. 105), retrieved 2026-10-03); Statistics of the Congressional and Presidential Election of November 2, 1920 (Public domain: a work of the United States government (17 U.S.C. 105), retrieved 2026-10-03); The World Almanac and Encyclopedia 1917 (Public domain in the United States: published before 1931, retrieved 2026-10-03); The World Almanac and Encyclopedia 1914 (Public domain in the United States: published before 1931, retrieved 2026-10-03); The World Almanac and Encyclopedia 1910 (Public domain in the United States: published before 1931, retrieved 2026-10-03); The World Almanac and Encyclopedia 1905 (Public domain in the United States: published before 1931, retrieved 2026-10-03); The World Almanac and Encyclopedia 1901 (Public domain in the United States: published before 1931, retrieved 2026-10-03); The World Almanac and Encyclopedia 1897 (Public domain in the United States: published before 1931, retrieved 2026-10-03); The World Almanac and Encyclopedia 1894 (Public domain in the United States: published before 1931, retrieved 2026-10-03); The World Almanac 1891 (Public domain in the United States: published before 1931, retrieved 2026-10-03); The World Almanac 1886 (Public domain in the United States: published before 1931, retrieved 2026-10-03); The Tribune Almanac and Political Register for 1878 (Public domain in the United States: published before 1931, retrieved 2026-10-03); The World Almanac for 1873 (Public domain in the United States: published before 1931, retrieved 2026-10-03). How these figures were compiled

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First Party System

1792

Washington

Independent · 8 EV (4 electors) · George Washington 4, John Adams 4

National: George Washington · Ind

First Party System

1796

Adams

Federalist · 8 EV (4 electors) · John Adams 4, Oliver Ellsworth 4

National: John Adams · Fed

First Party System

1800

Adams

Federalist · 8 EV (4 electors) · John Adams 4, Charles C. Pinckney 3, John Jay 1

National: Thomas Jefferson · D-R

First Party System

1804

Jefferson

Democratic-Republican · 4 EV

National: Thomas Jefferson · D-R

National: James Madison · D-R

National: James Madison · D-R

First Party System

1816

Monroe

Democratic-Republican · 4 EV

National: James Monroe · D-R

Era of Good Feelings

1820

Monroe

Democratic-Republican · 4 EV

National: James Monroe · D-R

Era of Good Feelings

1824

John Quincy Adams

Democratic-Republican · 4 EV

National: John Quincy Adams · D-R

Second Party System

1828

John Quincy Adams

National Republican · 4 EV

National: Andrew Jackson · Dem

Second Party System

1832

Clay

National Republican · 4 EV

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