Rhode Island

RHODE ISLAND

4 Electoral Votes

Population
(Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Rhode Island Board of Elections)

Total Population, July 1, 2004 est.	1,080,632
Registered Voters, Nov. 2004	687,488*

*709,050 includes persons who registered to vote from Oct. 3, 2004 up to and including Nov. 2, 2004, eligible to vote for President/Vice President only.
Rhode Island counties: Providence, Kent, Washington, Newport, Bristol.
39 cities and towns.

Government
Governor: Donald L. Carcieri (R) elected in 2002.
State Legislature: Rhode Island General Assembly House: 100 seats Senate: 50 seats
Local: Cities and Towns NACO Counties
U.S. House: 2D - 1. P.Kennedy (D) | 2. J.Langevin (D).
U.S. Senate: Lincoln Chafee (R) appointed Nov. 1999, elected in 2000, Jack Reed (D) re-elected in 2002.

Both congressmen were easily re-elected. Voters also faced 14 State Questions.

The Ocean State

State of Rhode Island
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Politics1-RI

General Election -- Tuesday, November 7, 2004

Deadline to register to vote in the General Election: October 2, 2004.

+Kerry/Edwards (Dem.)	259,760	(59.42)
Bush/Cheney (Rep.)	169,046	(38.67)
Nader (Ref.)	4,651	(1.06)
Cobb (Grn.)	1,333	(0.30)
Badnarik (Lib.)	907	(0.21)
write in	845	(0.19)
Peroutka (Const.)	339	(0.08)
Parker (WWP)	253	(0.06)
Total........437,134

19,046 were mail ballots; the rest cast at polling places.

2004 Overview
Kerry carried Rhode Island with a plurality of 86,413 votes (20.75 percentage points).

[Party Primaries: Sept. 14, 2004]

Past Results

1996

Clinton (Dem.).........233,050	(59.71)
Dole (Rep.).............104,683	(26.82)
Perot (Ref.)..............43,723	(11.20)
Nader (Grn.)..............6,040	(1.55)
Others (4+scat.).........2,788	(0.71)
Total........390,284

1992

Clinton (Dem.)........213,299
(47.04)

Bush (Rep.)............104,683
(29.02)

Perot (PfP.).............43,723
(23.16)

Others (5+scat.)........3,533
(0.78)

Total........453,478

2000

+Gore/Lieberman (Dem.)	249,508	(60.99)
Bush/Cheney (Rep.)	130,555	(31.91)
Nader/LaDuke (Grn.)	25,052	(6.12)
Buchanan/Foster (Ref.)	2,273	(0.56)
Browne/Olivier (Lib.)	742	(0.18)
Hagelin/Goldhaber (NLP)	271	(0.07)
Moorehead/LaRiva(WWP)	199	(0.05)
Phillips/Frazier (Const.)	97	(0.02)
McReynolds/Hollis (Soc.)	52	(0.01)
Harris/Trowe (SWP)	34	(0.01)
Write In	329	(0.08)
Total........409,112

2000 Overview
Gore comfortably won Rhode Island's four electoral votes, gaining a plurality of 118,953 votes (29.08 percentage points). Nader's 6-percent showing qualified the Green Party for ballot status in the next statewide election.

Notes: Registration deadline to vote a full ballot was Oct. 7, 2000. People registering to vote from Oct. 8 up to and including Nov. 7 (16,505 of the total 671,612) were eligible to vote for President and Vice President only.

Presidential Preference Primary -- Tuesday, March 2, 2004

General Laws of Rhode Island § 17-12.1

Democrats

ballot

	1st CD	2nd CD
John F. Kerry	14,540	10,926	25,466	71.22%
John Edwards	3,474	3,161	6,635	18.55%
Howard Dean	877	548	1,425	3.99%
Dennis J. Kucinich	599	455	1,054	2.95%
Uncommitted	255	160	415	1.16%
Joe Lieberman	166	137	303	<1%
Wesley K. Clark	130	107	237	<1%
Write-In	95	66	161	<1%
Lyndon H. Larouche, Jr.	40	23	63	<1%
			35,759

32 Delegates (21 Pledged and 11 Unpledged) and 4 Alternates

Republicans
George W. Bush 2,152, Uncommitted 314, Write-In 69

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