Pivot Counties in Rhode Island

2020 Election Analysis: Pivot Counties
Presidential election
Pivot Counties in the 2020 presidential election Retained • Boomerang Margins of victory Voter turnout Demographics
Congressional elections
Pivot Counties by congressional district
State legislative elections
Pivot Counties by state legislative district
Other
Reverse-Pivot Counties
Other year reports
2016 • 2018 • 2022
Pivot Counties by state
ArkansasColoradoConnecticutDelawareFloridaGeorgiaIllinoisIndianaIowaKentuckyMaineMichiganMinnesotaMississippiMontanaNebraskaNew HampshireNew JerseyNew MexicoNew YorkNorth CarolinaNorth DakotaOhioOregonPennsylvaniaRhode IslandSouth CarolinaSouth DakotaTennesseeTexasVermontVirginiaWashingtonWisconsinSubmit
2020 Election Analysis Hub

Pivot Counties are the 206 counties nationwide Ballotpedia identified as having voted for Barack Obama (D) in the 2008 and 2012 presidential elections and Donald Trump (R) in 2016. Media and political observers sometimes refer to these counties as swing counties.

Following the 2016 presidential election, Rhode Island had one Pivot County.

Ballotpedia defines Pivot Counties Trump won in 2020 as Retained Pivot Counties and those Joe Biden (D) won as Boomerang Pivot Counties.

After the 2020 presidential election, that one county was a Boomerang Pivot County.

List of Pivot Counties[edit]

See also: Election results, 2020: Pivot Counties in the 2020 presidential election, Presidential election in Rhode Island, 2020

The table below displays information on the Pivot County in Rhode Island. This county accounted for 20 percent of the total counties in Rhode Island, and 15.69 percent of the state population.

The map below shows the Boomerang Pivot County in Rhode Island shaded bright blue.

2020 analysis[edit]

Voter turnout[edit]

See also: Election results, 2020: Voter turnout in Pivot Counties

Rhode Island has one Boomerang Pivot County, 20.0% of the state's five total counties. Turnout in this county accounted for 18.03% of the statewide total turnout.

Demographics[edit]

See also: Election results, 2020: Demographics of the 206 Pivot Counties

This table displays demographic data, on average, by county compared to nationwide and statewide averages with a focus on Pivot Counties. Use the arrows at the top of the table to view 2016 data and changes from 2016 to 2020. Full demographic data can be found here.

2016 analysis[edit]

Voting trends[edit]

The table below details the voting trends of the Pivot County in Rhode Island since 1960.

2016 election results[edit]

See also: Presidential election in Rhode Island, 2016

In 2016, Rhode Island had four electoral votes, which was 0.7 percent of the 538 electoral votes up for grabs and 1.5 percent of the 270 electoral votes needed to win the general election. Presidential primary elections in Rhode Island took place on April 26, 2016. Bernie Sanders won the Democratic primary with 54.7 percent of the vote. Donald Trump won the Republican primary with 63.7 percent.

General election[edit]

U.S. presidential election, Rhode Island, 2016
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes	Electoral votes
	Democratic	Hillary Clinton/Tim Kaine	54.4%	252,525	4
	Republican	Donald Trump/Mike Pence	38.9%	180,543	0
	Libertarian	Gary Johnson/Bill Weld	3.2%	14,746	0
	Green	Jill Stein/Ajamu Baraka	1.3%	6,220	0
	American Delta	Roque De La Fuente/Michael Steinberg	0.1%	671	0
	-	Write-in votes	2%	9,439	0
Total Votes				464,144	4
Election results via: Rhode Island Board of Elections

Primaries[edit]

Rhode Island Democratic Primary, 2016
Candidate	Vote %	Votes	Delegates
Bernie Sanders	54.7%	66,993	13
Hillary Clinton	43.1%	52,749	11
Mark Steward	0.2%	236	0
Roque De La Fuente	0.1%	145	0
Other	1.9%	2,335	0
Totals		122,458	24
Source: The New York Times and Rhode Island Board of Elections

Rhode Island Republican Primary, 2016
Candidate	Vote %	Votes	Delegates
Donald Trump	63.7%	39,221	12
Ted Cruz	10.4%	6,416	2
John Kasich	24.3%	14,963	5
Marco Rubio	0.6%	382	0
Other	1%	632	0
Totals		61,614	19
Source: The New York Times and Rhode Island Board of Elections

See also[edit]

• List of Pivot Counties - the 206 counties that voted Obama-Obama-Trump
• Pivot Counties by state
• Presidential election, 2016

Footnotes[edit]

v • e Pivot Counties, 2020 Presidential election Pivot Counties in the 2020 presidential election: Retained • Boomerang Margins of victory • Voter turnout • Demographics Congressional elections Pivot Counties by congressional district State legislative elections Pivot Counties by state legislative district Other Reverse-Pivot Counties By state Arkansas • Colorado • Connecticut • Delaware • Florida • Georgia • Illinois • Indiana • Iowa • Kentucky • Maine • Michigan • Minnesota • Mississippi • Montana • Nebraska • New Hampshire • New Jersey • New Mexico • New York • North Carolina • North Dakota • Ohio • Oregon • Pennsylvania • Rhode Island • South Carolina • South Dakota • Tennessee • Texas • Vermont • Virginia • Washington • Wisconsin 2016 reports Pivot Counties • Voter turnout • Demographics • Historical voting patterns • Reverse-Pivot Counties