2020 United States presidential election in Rhode Island

The 2020 United States presidential election in Rhode Island is scheduled to take place on Tuesday, November 3, 2020, as part of the 2020 United States elections in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia will participate.[1] Rhode Island voters will choose electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote. The state of Rhode Island has 4 electoral votes in the Electoral College.[2]

Main article: 2020 United States presidential election
2020 United States presidential election in Rhode Island
November 3, 2020
Turnout%
 
Nominee Donald Trump Joe Biden
Party Republican Democratic
Home state Florida Delaware
Running mate Mike Pence TBA
President before election

Donald Trump
Republican

 Elected President

TBA

Elections in Rhode Island

By the time that the primary elections were held in the state on June 2, 2020, incumbent President Donald Trump was already the Republican Party's presumptive nominee, being the only viable declared major candidate left. On the Democratic Party's side, Vice President Joe Biden became the presumptive nominee after Senator Bernie Sanders, his last competitor, withdrew on April 8, 2020.

Primary elections

The primary elections were originally scheduled for April 28, 2020. On March 23, they were moved to June 2 due to concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic.[3]

Republican primary

Donald Trump won the Republican primary, and received all of the state's 19 delegates to the 2020 Republican National Convention.[4]

Democratic primary
This section is an excerpt from 2020 Rhode Island Democratic presidential primary[edit]
2020 Rhode Island Democratic presidential primary[5]
Candidate Votes % Delegates[6]
Joe Biden 78,867 76.7% 24
Bernie Sanders (suspended) 15,361 14.9% 0
Elizabeth Warren (withdrawn) 4,423 4.3%
Andrew Yang (withdrawn) 797 0.8%
Tulsi Gabbard (withdrawn) 642 0.6%
Write-in 919 0.9%
Uncommitted 1,838 1.8%
Total 102,847 100% 24 (of 26)

General election

Predictions
Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[7] Safe D June 19, 2020
Inside Elections[8] Safe D April 3, 2020
Sabato's Crystal Ball[9] Safe D June 25, 2020
Politico[10] Likely D April 19, 2020
RCP[11] Likely D June 22, 2020
Niskanen[12] Safe D March 24, 2020
CNN[13] Safe D June 25, 2020
JHK Forecasts[14] Safe D June 27, 2020

Notes
    Partisan clients

      See also

      References
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      2. "Distribution of Electoral Votes". National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved January 3, 2019.
      3. "Rhode Island is the latest state to postpone its 2020 primary as coronavirus outbreak spreads". CNBC. March 23, 2020.
      4. "Rhode Island Republican Delegation 2020". The Green Papers. Retrieved June 3, 2020.
      5. "RI.gov: Election Results". RI.gov. Rhode Island Secretary of State. Retrieved June 2, 2020.
      6. "Delegate Tracker". interactives.ap.org. Associated Press. Retrieved June 2, 2020.
      7. "2020 POTUS Race ratings" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. Retrieved 2019-05-21.
      8. "POTUS Ratings | Inside Elections". insideelections.com. Retrieved 2019-05-21.
      9. "Larry J. Sabato's Crystal Ball » 2020 President". crystalball.centerforpolitics.org. Retrieved 2019-05-21.
      10. "2020 Election Forecast". Politico. November 19, 2019.
      11. "Battle for White House". RCP. April 19, 2019.
      12. 2020 Bitecofer Model Electoral College Predictions, Niskanen Center, March 24, 2020, retrieved: April 19, 2020
      13. David Chalian; Terence Burlij. "Road to 270: CNN's debut Electoral College map for 2020". CNN. Retrieved 2020-06-16.
      14. "JHK Forecasts » 2020 President". JHK Forecasts. Retrieved 2020-06-27.
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