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2000 presidential election in Rhode Island

Al Gore (Democrat) beat George W. Bush (Republican) in Rhode Island in 2000, 61.0% to 31.9%, a margin of 29.1 points and 118,953 votes.

Rhode Island voted 28.6 points more Democratic than the country as a whole, where the margin was D+0.5.

The Democratic hold continued from 1996, when Bill Clinton won.

Democrats led in 5 of the 5 counties. The largest, Providence, cast 218,308 votes and went to the Democrat by 37.1 points. The closest was Bristol, where 5,049 votes separated the two parties.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Result

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Al Gore won Democratic 249,508 61.0%
George W. Bush Republican 130,555 31.9%
Ralph Nader Green 25,052 6.1%
All other candidates 3,997 1.0%
Total409,112

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Providence 142,469 65.3% 61,378 28.1% 14,461 218,308 D+37.1
Kent 43,265 58.9% 25,291 34.4% 4,914 73,470 D+24.5
Washington 29,560 52.6% 21,253 37.8% 5,411 56,224 D+14.8
Newport 20,790 54.9% 14,258 37.7% 2,790 37,838 D+17.3
Bristol 13,424 57.7% 8,375 36.0% 1,473 23,272 D+21.7

Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

Rhode Island in every presidential election we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Kamala Harris (D) D+13.8
2020 Joe Biden (D) D+20.8
2016 Hillary Clinton (D) D+15.5
2012 Barack Obama (D) D+27.5
2008 Barack Obama (D) D+27.8
2004 John Kerry (D) D+20.8
2000 Al Gore (D) D+29.1
1996 Bill Clinton (D) D+32.9
1992 Bill Clinton (D) D+18.0
1988 Michael Dukakis (D) D+11.7
1984 Ronald Reagan (R) R+3.6
1980 Jimmy Carter (D) D+10.5
1976 Jimmy Carter (D) D+11.3
1972 Richard Nixon (R) R+6.2
1968 Hubert Humphrey (D) D+32.2
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson (D) D+61.7
1960 John F. Kennedy (D) D+27.3
1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+16.5
1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+1.8
1948 Harry S. Truman (D) D+16.2
1944 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+17.3
1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+13.6
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+12.9
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+11.8
1928 Al Smith (D) D+0.6
1924 Calvin Coolidge (R) R+23.2
1920 Warren G. Harding (R) R+31.2
1916 Charles Evans Hughes (R) R+5.1
1912 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+3.5
1908 William Howard Taft (R) R+26.6
1904 Theodore Roosevelt (R) R+24.4
1900 William McKinley (R) R+24.7
1896 William McKinley (R) R+41.9
1892 Benjamin Harrison (R) R+5.0
1888 Benjamin Harrison (R) R+10.9
1884 James G. Blaine (R) R+20.3
1880 James A. Garfield (R) R+25.4
1876 Rutherford B. Hayes (R) R+19.2
1872 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+43.9
1868 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+33.4