2012 United States presidential election in Rhode Island Turnout 60.8%[ 1] Decrease pp
Obama
40–50%
50–60%
60–70%
70–80%
80–90%
90–100%
Romney
40–50%
50–60%
The 2012 United States presidential election in Rhode Island took place on November 6, 2012, as part of the 2012 United States presidential election in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia participated. Rhode Island voters chose four electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote pitting incumbent Democratic President Barack Obama and his running mate, Vice President Joe Biden , against Republican challenger and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney and his running mate, Congressman Paul Ryan .
Also on the ballot were Libertarian nominee, former New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson and his running mate, jurist Jim Gray . The left-wing Green Party nominated activist and physician Jill Stein and her running mate, anti-poverty advocate Cheri Honkala .
Rhode Island was won by Democratic nominee Obama by a 27.46% margin of victory. This was the seventh straight win for the Democratic Party in Rhode Island on the presidential level. It was also the seventh time in a row that the Democratic nominee for president won all 5 counties – a streak which would be broken when Donald Trump won Kent County in 2016 [ 2] 1988 , and has only voted for a Republican nominee four times since 1928 (all of which in landslide elections ). State politics are dominated by the Providence and Warwick metropolitan areas, and Providence County gave Obama his largest margin in the state at 34.92%. However, white working class voters in the inland and diverse, urban voters on the coast alike consistently vote Democratic, enough to provide the Democratic nominee with landslide margins in each election.[ 3] Burrillville , Coventry , Exeter , Foster , Glocester , Hopkinton , Johnston , North Smithfield , and Smithfield voted Democratic, and the last time that the town of East Greenwich voted Republican.
Primary elections Democratic primary The 2012 Rhode Island Democratic primary was held April 24, 2012. Rhode Island awarded 40 delegates proportionally.
No candidate ran against incumbent President Barack Obama in Rhode Island's Democratic presidential preference primary. Obama received 6,759 votes, or 83.38% of the vote, with 1,133 uncommitted votes (13.98%) and 214 write-in votes (2.64%)
At the Rhode Island Democratic state convention held on June 21, 2012, 35 delegates were awarded to Barack Obama, with 5 delegates remaining unannounced.[ 4]
Rhode Island 2012 Democratic presidential primary[ 4]
Candidate
Votes
Percentage
Awarded Delegates
Barack Obama (incumbent)
6,759
83.38%
35
Uncommitted
1,133
13.98%
Write-in
214
2.64%
Unannounced
5
Totals
8,106
100.00%
40
Republican primary The 2012 Rhode Island Republican presidential primary took place on April 24, 2012.[ 5] Massachusetts Governor and frontrunner Mitt Romney received 63.02% of the vote, followed by U.S. Representative from Texas Ron Paul with 23.85% and former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich with 6.04%.[ 6] U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania Rick Santorum , who dropped out on April 10, received 5.66% of the vote.
General election Predictions Results By county
County
Barack Obama
Mitt Romney
Various candidates
Margin
Total votes cast
#
%
#
%
#
%
#
%
Bristol
14,974
60.68%
9,231
37.41%
471
1.91%
5,743
23.27%
24,676
Kent
45,564
57.73%
31,567
40.00%
1,792
2.27%
13,997
17.73%
78,923
Newport
23,463
59.47%
15,202
38.53%
787
2.00%
8,261
20.94%
39,452
Providence
159,520
66.53%
75,785
31.61%
4,481
1.86%
83,735
34.92%
239,786
Washington
35,888
57.07%
25,366
40.34%
1,625
2.59%
10,522
16.73%
62,879
Totals
279,677
62.70%
157,204
35.24%
9,168
2.06%
122,473
27.46%
446,049
By congressional district Obama won both congressional districts.[ 16]
See also References
↑ This figure is calculated by dividing the total number of votes cast in 2012 (446,049) by an estimate of the number of registered voters in Rhode Island in 2012 (732,860).
↑ "Rhode Island 2016 Presidential And State Election Results" . NPR.org . Retrieved November 17, 2020 .↑ "The Road to 270: Rhode Island" . 270toWin.com . Retrieved November 17, 2020 .↑ 4.0 4.1 "Rhode Island Democrat" . The Green Papers. Retrieved November 14, 2012 .↑ "Presidential Primary Dates" (PDF) . Federal Election Commission . Retrieved January 23, 2012 .↑ 6.0 6.1 "REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE" . Retrieved April 25, 2012 .↑ State of Rhode Island official election results ↑ "Huffington Post Election Dashboard" . HuffPost the original on August 13, 2013.↑ "America's Choice 2012 Election Center: CNN Electoral Map" . CNN the original on January 19, 2013.↑ "Election 2012 - The Electoral Map: Building a Path to Victory" . The New York Times the original on July 8, 2012.↑ "2012 Presidential Election Results" The Washington Post . Archived from the original on July 26, 2012.↑ "RealClearPolitics - 2012 Election Maps - Battle for White House" . Archived from the original on June 8, 2011.↑ "PROJECTION: OBAMA WILL LIKELY WIN SECOND TERM" .↑ "Nate Silver's political calculations predict 2012 election outcome" .↑ "State of Rhode Island Board of Elections" . Retrieved November 14, 2012 .↑ "Daily Kos Elections' statewide election results by congressional and legislative districts" . Daily Kos . Retrieved August 11, 2020 .
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