Politics & Government
Rhode Island Election 2012
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In the race for President of the United States, influential Rhode Island political insiders have weighed in regarding who has run the better "ground game" in Rhode Island leading up to the election during our latest Red Rhody/Blue Rhody political survey.
According to our results, Democratic influencers felt Obama has run a better ground campaign by a wide margin while a majority of Republican influencers surveyed said the ground campaign up to this point has been even.
In 2008, Rhode Island voted Democratic with 296,571 voters casting ballots for the Obama-Biden team. Republican John McCain and Sarah Palin earned 165,391 votes. According to the Rhode Island Secretary of State's office nearly 475,000 ballots were cast in 2008, breaking the record set back in 1992 of 453,477.
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You can read the rest of our Red Rhody/Blue Rhody survey here.
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LIVE 2012 ELECTION RESULTS (Unofficial)
RaceDemocratic CandidatesResultsRepublican CandidatesResultsIndependent CandidatesResults U.S. President Obama-Biden Romney-Ryan U.S. Senate Sheldon Whitehouse Barry Hinckley U.S. Congress District 1 David Cicilline Brendan Doherty U.S. Congress District 2 James Langevin Michael Riley Abel Collins Ballot Questions Topic Approve Reject Question 1 Gaming at Twin River Question 2 Gaming at Newport Grand Question 3 Higher Education Facilities Bonds Question 4 Veterans' Home Bonds Question 5 Clean Water Finance Agency Bonds Question 6 Environmental Management Bonds Question 7 Affordable Housing BondsGet more local news delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for free Patch newsletters and alerts.
