Rhode Island

RHODE ISLAND

4 Electoral Votes

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

Total Population, April 1, 2000	1,048,319
Voting Age Population, Nov. 2000	753,000	% change from '96 +0.3
Registered Voters, Nov. 2000	671,612

Rhode Island counties: Providence, Kent, Washington, Newport, Bristol.
39 cities and towns.

Government
Governor: Lincoln C. Almond (R) re-elected in 1998.
State Legislature: Rhode Island General Assembly House: 86D, 13R, 1I Senate: 42D, 8R
Local: Cities and Towns NACO Counties
U.S. House: 2D - 1. P.Kennedy (D) | 2. R.Weygand (D).
U.S. Senate: Lincoln Chafee (R) up for election in 2000, Jack Reed (D) faces re-election in 2002.

Changes as of the November 2000 Elections
State Legislature: All 100 House seats and all 50 Senate seats were up. Democrats maintained commanding leads in both chambers. 87D, 13R Senate 44D, 6R.
U.S. House: Democrats kept the seat left open by R.Weygand (D): 2. J.Langevin (D)...2D.
U.S. Senate: Lincoln Chaffee (R) defeated Rep. Weygand (D) by a margin of 56.9%-41.2%.

The Ocean State

State of Rhode Island
Board of Elections
Secretary of State

Green Party of RI
Libertarian Party of RI
Natural Law Party-RI
Providence Republican Party
RI Democratic Party
RI Reform Party
Constitution Party-RI

Providence Journal
Media (Newsp.)
Media (TV)

Politics1-RI

General Election -- Tuesday, November 7, 2000

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

Results
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

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.

State primary Sept. 12, 2000

Presidential Preference Primary: Tuesday, March 7, 2000

General Laws--Chapter 17-12.1

Republican Primary

257 of 257 precincts

	Total Vote	Percent
Gary Bauer	35	0.09%
George W. Bush	13,170	36.46%
Steve Forbes	89	0.25%
Orrin G. Hatch	35	0.09%
Alan L. Keyes	923	2.56%
+John McCain	21,754	60.23%
Uncommitted	114	0.32%
Total	36,120

Total Delegates
14 of 2,066 (0.7%).

Democratic Primary

257 of 257 precincts

	Total Vote	Percent
Bill Bradley	19,000	40.56%
+Al Gore	26,801	57.21%
Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr.	199	0.42%
Uncommitted	844	1.80%
Total	46,844

Total Pledged Delegates
22 of 3,537 (0.6%).
Total Delegates
32 of 4,335 (0.7%).