Results archive / Rhode Island
Rhode Island election results
President since 1976, counties since 2000, US Senate since 1976.
President
Electoral votes
1976 D 41980 D 41984 R 41988 D 41992 D 41996 D 42000 D 42004 D 42008 D 42012 D 42016 D 42020 D 42024 D 4
2024 Harris+13.8
Counties
Democratic lead<55-1010-2020+
Republican lead<55-1010-2020+
No dataSwing
Towards the Democrat<22-55-1010+
Towards the Republican<22-55-1010+
No dataUS Senate
2024
Sheldon Whitehouse (D)59.9%
Patricia Morgan (R)39.8%
2020
John F. Reed (D)66.5%
Allen R. Waters (R)33.4%
2018
Sheldon Whitehouse (D)61.4%
Robert G. Flanders, Jr. (R)38.3%
2014
Jack Reed (D)70.6%
Mark S. Zaccaria (R)29.2%
2012
Sheldon Whitehouse (D)64.8%
Benjamin Barrett Hinckley III (R)35.0%
2008
Jack Reed (D)73.1%
Robert G. Tingle (R)26.5%
2006
Sheldon Whitehouse (D)53.5%
Lincoln Chafee (R)46.5%
2002
Jack Reed (D)78.4%
Robert G. Tingle (R)21.6%
2000
Lincoln D. Chafee (R)56.9%
Robert A. Weygand (D)41.1%
1996
Jack Reed (D)63.3%
Nancy J. Mayer (R)35.0%
1994
John H. Chafee (R)64.5%
Linda J. Kushner (D)35.5%
1990
Claiborne Pell (D)61.8%
Claudine Schneider (R)38.2%
1988
John H. Chaffee (R)54.6%
Richard A. Licht (D)45.4%
1984
Claiborne Deb. Pell (D)72.7%
Barbara M. Leonard (R)27.3%
1982
John H. Chafee (R)51.2%
Julius C. Michaelson (D)48.8%
1978
Claiborne Pell (D)75.1%
James G. Reyonlds (R)24.9%
1976
John H. Chafee (R)57.7%
Richard P. Lorber (D)42.0%
MEDSL and VEST results files: fixed historic releases. 2026 Senate counts: uncertified.
Sources
- National Archives, Office of the Federal Register: Electoral College results 1976-2024 (Public domain (US government work))
- MIT Election Data and Science Lab, U.S. President 1976-2024, Harvard Dataverse (CC0 1.0)
- MIT Election Data and Science Lab, County Presidential Election Returns 2000-2016 (GitHub copy, commit f44e3fc; the dataset is CC0 1.0 on Harvard Dataverse, doi:10.7910/DVN/VOQCHQ) (CC0 1.0)
- Connecticut Secretary of the State, 2012 presidential election results by town (CT Election History), summed to the eight legacy counties by PollCheck (Official public records)
- Voting and Election Science Team, 2020 Precinct-Level Election Results, Harvard Dataverse (precincts summed to counties by PollCheck) (CC BY 4.0)
- PollCheck 2024 county totals (us_site/house_pres.py): MEDSL 2024 precinct returns (CC0 1.0) plus the state sources named in county_pres_2024.json (CC0 1.0 (MEDSL rows))
- US Census Bureau cartographic boundary files: counties 2020 (1:500,000) and 2024 (1:5,000,000) (Public domain)
- US Census Bureau state legislative districts (lower chamber), Alaska: TIGER/Line 2010 (2000 and 2010 districts) and cartographic boundary files 2013, 2018 and 2023 (Public domain)
- Maine Bureau of Corporations, Elections and Commissions, 2024 General Election, President and Vice President (certified, corrected 5 Dec 2024) (Maine government record)
- New York State Board of Elections, 2004 General Election, President and Vice President, results by county (New York government record)
- New York State Board of Elections, President and Vice-President Election Returns Nov. 6, 2012 (dated 20 Mar 2013, Kings update 9 Jun 2013), copy hosted by the American Presidency Project (New York government record)
- MIT Election Data and Science Lab, U.S. Senate statewide 1976-2024, Harvard Dataverse (CC0 1.0)
- State election office counts as read by the PollCheck midterms results feed (us_midterms_2026/data/results.json); uncertified (Official public records)
- us-atlas 3.0.1 counties-albers-10m (Census 2017 county boundaries) (ISC)
- us-atlas 3.0.1 states-albers-10m.json (US Census Bureau cartographic boundary files 2017; ISC licence)
Final results.