2022 population: 1,673,802
( 72,950 from 2010
, 2,779 from 2020)
Land area: 1587.0 square miles
Population density: 1054.7 persons per square mile
2022 Census data | |||
White: | 1,223,132 | 73.08% | 3.9% |
Black: | 105,323 | 6.29% | 56.5% |
Indian: | 5,936 | 0.35% | 16.2% |
Asian: | 54,519 | 3.26% | 34.4% |
2+ races: | 36,961 | 2.21% | 5.3% |
Hispanic: | 247,931 | 14.81% | 51.5% |
Total non-White: | 450,670 | 26.92% | 37.5% |
2020-2022 Components | Number | Rate |
---|---|---|
Births: | 35,395 | 10.6 |
Deaths: | 39,622 | 11.8 |
Net Migration: | -5,310 | -1.6 |
Net Immigration: | 6,596 | 2.0 |
Change in White population: | -49,897 | -3.1 |
Change in Non-White pop.: | 122,847 | 7.7 |
Recent Trends | ||||
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Votes | Δ Margin | Swing % | ||
2020 vs. 2016 | R +33,776 | D +44,383 | D + 3.6% | |
D +78,159 | ||||
2020 vs. 2012 | R +68,660 | R +31,915 | R + 7.5% | |
D +36,745 | ||||
2020 vs. 2008 | R +63,787 | R +47,632 | R + 8.9% | |
D +16,155 | ||||
2016 vs. 2008 | R +30,011 | R +92,015 | R + 12.5% | |
D -62,004 | ||||
How to interpret this table |
Year | Turnout | Winner | Runner-Up | Other | Total Votes | Diff (US) | PUSV | |||||
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2020 | 59% | Joe Biden (D) | 459,587 | 57.8% | Donald Trump* (R) | 319,709 | 40.2% | 16,366 [+] | 2.1% | 795,662 | -7 | 0.50% |
2016 | 55% | Hillary Clinton (D) | 381,428 | 53.3% | Donald Trump (R) | 285,933 | 40.0% | 48,195 [+] | 6.7% | 715,556 | -6 | 0.52% |
2012 | 54% | Barack Obama* (D) | 422,842 | 61.5% | Mitt Romney (R) | 251,049 | 36.5% | 13,334 [+] | 1.9% | 687,225 | -11 | 0.53% |
2008 | 57% | Barack Obama (D) | 443,432 | 62.0% | John McCain (R) | 255,922 | 35.8% | 15,532 [+] | 2.2% | 714,886 | -10 | 0.54% |
2004 | 55% | John Kerry (D) | 407,614 | 60.8% | George W. Bush* (R) | 251,570 | 37.5% | 10,828 [+] | 1.6% | 670,012 | -13 | 0.55% |
2000 | 52% | Albert Gore, Jr. (D) | 385,833 | 62.2% | George W. Bush (R) | 193,403 | 31.2% | 41,213 [+] | 6.6% | 620,449 | -17 | 0.59% |
1996 | 50% | Bill Clinton* (D) | 360,775 | 61.3% | Robert Dole (R) | 151,847 | 25.8% | 75,838 [+] | 12.9% | 588,460 | -15 | 0.61% |
1992 | 57% | Bill Clinton (D) | 315,705 | 47.5% | George Bush* (R) | 183,971 | 27.7% | 165,443 [+] | 24.9% | 665,119 | -10 | 0.64% |
1988 | 53% | Michael Dukakis (D) | 332,977 | 55.7% | George Bush (R) | 261,558 | 43.7% | 3,564 [+] | 0.6% | 598,099 | -10 | 0.65% |
1984 | 55% | Ronald Reagan* (R) | 305,312 | 51.0% | Walter Mondale (D) | 291,116 | 48.6% | 2,100 | 0.4% | 598,528 | -8 | 0.65% |
1980 | 58% | Jimmy Carter* (D) | 281,802 | 46.6% | Ronald Reagan (R) | 232,338 | 38.4% | 90,432 [+] | 15.0% | 604,572 | -12 | 0.70% |
1976 | 61% | Jimmy Carter (D) | 343,954 | 57.1% | Gerald Ford* (R) | 251,206 | 41.7% | 7,195 [+] | 1.2% | 602,355 | -6 | 0.74% |
1972 | 62% | Richard Nixon* (R) | 304,773 | 50.4% | George McGovern (D) | 297,808 | 49.3% | 1,995 [+] | 0.3% | 604,576 | -10 | 0.78% |
1968 | 67% | Hubert Humphrey (D) | 365,957 | 64.4% | Richard Nixon (R) | 179,031 | 31.5% | 23,581 [+] | 4.1% | 568,569 | -12 | 0.78% |
1964 | 71% | Lyndon Johnson* (D) | 462,348 | 80.2% | Barry Goldwater (R) | 113,845 | 19.7% | 534 | 0.1% | 576,727 | -19 | 0.82% |
1960 | 77% | John Kennedy (D) | 388,081 | 64.7% | Richard Nixon (R) | 211,792 | 35.3% | 384 | 0.1% | 600,257 | -14 | 0.87% |
1956 | 71% | Dwight Eisenhower* (R) | 335,361 | 58.1% | Adlai Stevenson (D) | 241,147 | 41.8% | 468 | 0.1% | 576,976 | 1 | 0.93% |
1952 | 76% | Dwight Eisenhower (R) | 309,040 | 51.0% | Adlai Stevenson (D) | 296,737 | 48.9% | 732 | 0.1% | 606,509 | -4 | 0.98% |
1948 | 66% | Harry Truman* (D) | 295,477 | 59.1% | Thomas Dewey (R) | 199,003 | 39.8% | 5,773 [+] | 1.2% | 500,253 | -5 | 1.03% |
1944 | 61% | Franklin Roosevelt* (D) | 265,885 | 59.0% | Thomas Dewey (R) | 184,367 | 40.9% | 716 | 0.2% | 450,968 | -5 | 0.94% |
1940 | 68% | Franklin Roosevelt* (D) | 279,753 | 58.3% | Wendell Willkie (R) | 198,796 | 41.5% | 990 | 0.2% | 479,539 | -3 | 0.96% |
1936 | 69% | Franklin Roosevelt* (D) | 246,043 | 54.4% | Alf Landon (R) | 174,785 | 38.6% | 31,495 [+] | 7.0% | 452,323 | 2 | 0.99% |
1932 | 59% | Franklin Roosevelt (D) | 209,078 | 54.6% | Herbert Hoover* (R) | 166,112 | 43.4% | 7,655 [+] | 2.0% | 382,845 | 4 | 0.96% |
1928 | 56% | Al Smith (D) | 178,230 | 50.5% | Herbert Hoover (R) | 172,727 | 48.9% | 1,992 [+] | 0.6% | 352,949 | -9 | 0.96% |
1924 | 50% | Calvin Coolidge (R) | 184,215 | 61.6% | John Davis (D) | 96,408 | 32.2% | 18,472 [+] | 6.2% | 299,095 | 8 | 1.03% |
1920 | 42% | Warren Harding (R) | 164,197 | 67.0% | James Cox (D) | 72,781 | 29.7% | 8,035 [+] | 3.3% | 245,013 | 7 | 0.91% |
1916 | 23% | Charles Evans Hughes (R) | 67,436 | 51.9% | Woodrow Wilson* (D) | 58,459 | 45.0% | 3,971 [+] | 3.1% | 129,866 | 6 | 0.70% |
1912 | 22% | Woodrow Wilson (D) | 42,832 | 37.0% | William Taft* (R) | 40,982 | 35.4% | 32,043 [+] | 27.7% | 115,857 | 12 | 0.77% |
1908 | 22% | William Taft (R) | 64,625 | 60.7% | William J. Bryan (D) | 35,425 | 33.3% | 6,411 [+] | 6.0% | 106,461 | 9 | 0.72% |
1904 | 22% | Theodore Roosevelt (R) | 60,347 | 60.4% | Alton Parker (D) | 35,942 | 36.0% | 3,602 [+] | 3.6% | 99,891 | 4 | 0.74% |
1900 | 21% | William McKinley* (R) | 53,180 | 61.5% | William J. Bryan (D) | 29,167 | 33.7% | 4,148 [+] | 4.8% | 86,495 | 10 | 0.62% |
2020 President, Providence-Warwick, RI-MA Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Joe Biden (D) | 459,587 | 57.8% | ||||||||
Donald Trump* (R) | 319,709 | 40.2% | ||||||||
Jo Jorgensen (Lbt) | 8,714 | 1.1% | ||||||||
Other | 7,652 | 1.0% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 795,662 | |||||||||
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2016 President, Providence-Warwick, RI-MA Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Hillary Clinton (D) | 381,428 | 53.3% | ||||||||
Donald Trump (R) | 285,933 | 40.0% | ||||||||
Gary Johnson (Lbt) | 24,910 | 3.5% | ||||||||
Jill Stein (Grn) | 9,892 | 1.4% | ||||||||
Evan McMullin (I) | 866 | 0.1% | ||||||||
Other | 12,527 | 1.8% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 715,556 | |||||||||
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2012 President, Providence-Warwick, RI-MA Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Barack Obama* (D) | 422,842 | 61.5% | ||||||||
Mitt Romney (R) | 251,049 | 36.5% | ||||||||
Gary Johnson (Lbt) | 7,038 | 1.0% | ||||||||
Other | 6,296 | 0.9% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 687,225 | |||||||||
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2008 President, Providence-Warwick, RI-MA Metro Area | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Barack Obama (D) | 443,432 | 62.0% | ||||||||
John McCain (R) | 255,922 | 35.8% | ||||||||
Ralph Nader (I) | 7,319 | 1.0% | ||||||||
Bob Barr (Lbt) | 2,295 | 0.3% | ||||||||
Other | 5,918 | 0.8% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 714,886 | |||||||||
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2004 President, Providence-Warwick, RI-MA Metro Area | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
George W. Bush* (R) | 251,570 | 37.5% | ||||||||
John Kerry (D) | 407,614 | 60.8% | ||||||||
Ralph Nader (I) | 4,971 | 0.7% | ||||||||
Other | 5,857 | 0.9% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 670,012 | |||||||||
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2000 President, Providence-Warwick, RI-MA Metro Area | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
George W. Bush (R) | 193,403 | 31.2% | ||||||||
Albert Gore, Jr. (D) | 385,833 | 62.2% | ||||||||
Ralph Nader (Grn) | 34,606 | 5.6% | ||||||||
Pat Buchanan (Ref) | 3,405 | 0.5% | ||||||||
Other | 3,202 | 0.5% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 620,449 | |||||||||
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1996 President, Providence-Warwick, RI-MA Metro Area | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Bill Clinton* (D) | 360,775 | 61.3% | ||||||||
Robert Dole (R) | 151,847 | 25.8% | ||||||||
Ross Perot (Ref) | 65,161 | 11.1% | ||||||||
Ralph Nader (Grn) | 6,040 | 1.0% | ||||||||
Harry Browne (Lbt) | 2,243 | 0.4% | ||||||||
Other | 2,394 | 0.4% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 588,460 | |||||||||
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1992 President, Providence-Warwick, RI-MA Metro Area | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Bill Clinton (D) | 315,705 | 47.5% | ||||||||
George Bush* (R) | 183,971 | 27.7% | ||||||||
Ross Perot (I) | 160,890 | 24.2% | ||||||||
Other | 4,553 | 0.7% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 665,119 | |||||||||
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1988 President, Providence-Warwick, RI-MA Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
George Bush (R) | 261,558 | 43.7% | ||||||||
Michael Dukakis (D) | 332,977 | 55.7% | ||||||||
Ron Paul (Lbt) | 1,955 | 0.3% | ||||||||
Other | 1,609 | 0.3% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 598,099 | |||||||||
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1984 President, Providence-Warwick, RI-MA Metro Area | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Ronald Reagan* (R) | 305,312 | 51.0% | ||||||||
Walter Mondale (D) | 291,116 | 48.6% | ||||||||
Other | 2,100 | 0.4% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 598,528 | |||||||||
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1980 President, Providence-Warwick, RI-MA Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Ronald Reagan (R) | 232,338 | 38.4% | ||||||||
Jimmy Carter* (D) | 281,802 | 46.6% | ||||||||
John Anderson (I) | 85,242 | 14.1% | ||||||||
Edward Clark (Lbt) | 4,153 | 0.7% | ||||||||
Other | 1,037 | 0.2% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 604,572 | |||||||||
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1976 President, Providence-Warwick, RI-MA Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Jimmy Carter (D) | 343,954 | 57.1% | ||||||||
Gerald Ford* (R) | 251,206 | 41.7% | ||||||||
Eugene McCarthy (I) | 3,946 | 0.7% | ||||||||
Other | 3,249 | 0.5% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 602,355 | |||||||||
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1972 President, Providence-Warwick, RI-MA Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Richard Nixon* (R) | 304,773 | 50.4% | ||||||||
George McGovern (D) | 297,808 | 49.3% | ||||||||
Other | 1,995 | 0.3% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 604,576 | |||||||||
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1968 President, Providence-Warwick, RI-MA Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Richard Nixon (R) | 179,031 | 31.5% | ||||||||
Hubert Humphrey (D) | 365,957 | 64.4% | ||||||||
George Wallace (AIP) | 22,677 | 4.0% | ||||||||
Other | 904 | 0.2% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 568,569 | |||||||||
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1964 President, Providence-Warwick, RI-MA Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Lyndon Johnson* (D) | 462,348 | 80.2% | ||||||||
Barry Goldwater (R) | 113,845 | 19.7% | ||||||||
Other | 534 | 0.1% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 576,727 | |||||||||
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1960 President, Providence-Warwick, RI-MA Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
John Kennedy (D) | 388,081 | 64.7% | ||||||||
Richard Nixon (R) | 211,792 | 35.3% | ||||||||
Other | 384 | 0.1% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 600,257 | |||||||||
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1956 President, Providence-Warwick, RI-MA Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Dwight Eisenhower* (R) | 335,361 | 58.1% | ||||||||
Adlai Stevenson (D) | 241,147 | 41.8% | ||||||||
Other | 468 | 0.1% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 576,976 | |||||||||
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1952 President, Providence-Warwick, RI-MA Metro Area | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Dwight Eisenhower (R) | 309,040 | 51.0% | ||||||||
Adlai Stevenson (D) | 296,737 | 48.9% | ||||||||
Other | 732 | 0.1% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 606,509 | |||||||||
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1948 President, Providence-Warwick, RI-MA Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Harry Truman* (D) | 295,477 | 59.1% | ||||||||
Thomas Dewey (R) | 199,003 | 39.8% | ||||||||
Henry Wallace (Prog) | 4,533 | 0.9% | ||||||||
Other | 1,240 | 0.2% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 500,253 | |||||||||
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1944 President, Providence-Warwick, RI-MA Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Franklin Roosevelt* (D) | 265,885 | 59.0% | ||||||||
Thomas Dewey (R) | 184,367 | 40.9% | ||||||||
Other | 716 | 0.2% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 450,968 | |||||||||
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1940 President, Providence-Warwick, RI-MA Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Franklin Roosevelt* (D) | 279,753 | 58.3% | ||||||||
Wendell Willkie (R) | 198,796 | 41.5% | ||||||||
Other | 990 | 0.2% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 479,539 | |||||||||
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1936 President, Providence-Warwick, RI-MA Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Franklin Roosevelt* (D) | 246,043 | 54.4% | ||||||||
Alf Landon (R) | 174,785 | 38.6% | ||||||||
William Lemke (Union) | 29,334 | 6.5% | ||||||||
Norman Thomas (Soc) | 458 | 0.1% | ||||||||
Other | 1,703 | 0.4% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 452,323 | |||||||||
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1932 President, Providence-Warwick, RI-MA Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Franklin Roosevelt (D) | 209,078 | 54.6% | ||||||||
Herbert Hoover* (R) | 166,112 | 43.4% | ||||||||
Norman Thomas (Soc) | 5,850 | 1.5% | ||||||||
Other | 1,805 | 0.5% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 382,845 | |||||||||
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1928 President, Providence-Warwick, RI-MA Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Herbert Hoover (R) | 172,727 | 48.9% | ||||||||
Al Smith (D) | 178,230 | 50.5% | ||||||||
Norman Thomas (Soc) | 806 | 0.2% | ||||||||
Other | 1,186 | 0.3% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 352,949 | |||||||||
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1924 President, Providence-Warwick, RI-MA Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Calvin Coolidge (R) | 184,215 | 61.6% | ||||||||
John Davis (D) | 96,408 | 32.2% | ||||||||
Robert LaFollette (Prog) | 17,260 | 5.8% | ||||||||
Other | 1,212 | 0.4% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 299,095 | |||||||||
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1920 President, Providence-Warwick, RI-MA Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Warren Harding (R) | 164,197 | 67.0% | ||||||||
James Cox (D) | 72,781 | 29.7% | ||||||||
Eugene Debs (Soc) | 6,530 | 2.7% | ||||||||
Aaron Watkins (Proh) | 510 | 0.2% | ||||||||
Other | 995 | 0.4% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 245,013 | |||||||||
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1916 President, Providence-Warwick, RI-MA Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Woodrow Wilson* (D) | 58,459 | 45.0% | ||||||||
Charles Evans Hughes (R) | 67,436 | 51.9% | ||||||||
Allan Benson (Soc) | 2,846 | 2.2% | ||||||||
James Hanly (Proh) | 802 | 0.6% | ||||||||
Other | 323 | 0.2% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 129,866 | |||||||||
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1912 President, Providence-Warwick, RI-MA Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Woodrow Wilson (D) | 42,832 | 37.0% | ||||||||
Theodore Roosevelt (Prog) | 27,508 | 23.7% | ||||||||
William Taft* (R) | 40,982 | 35.4% | ||||||||
Eugene Debs (Soc) | 3,167 | 2.7% | ||||||||
Eugene Chafin (Proh) | 993 | 0.9% | ||||||||
Other | 375 | 0.3% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 115,857 | |||||||||
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1908 President, Providence-Warwick, RI-MA Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
William Taft (R) | 64,625 | 60.7% | ||||||||
William J. Bryan (D) | 35,425 | 33.3% | ||||||||
Eugene Debs (Soc) | 1,937 | 1.8% | ||||||||
Eugene Chafin (Proh) | 1,509 | 1.4% | ||||||||
Thomas Hisgen (I) | 2,665 | 2.5% | ||||||||
Other | 300 | 0.3% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 106,461 | |||||||||
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1904 President, Providence-Warwick, RI-MA Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
Theodore Roosevelt (R) | 60,347 | 60.4% | ||||||||
Alton Parker (D) | 35,942 | 36.0% | ||||||||
Eugene Debs (Soc) | 1,680 | 1.7% | ||||||||
Silas Swallow (Proh) | 1,112 | 1.1% | ||||||||
Thomas Watson (Pop) | 92 | 0.1% | ||||||||
Other | 718 | 0.7% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 99,891 | |||||||||
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1900 President, Providence-Warwick, RI-MA Metro Area | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | ||||||||
William McKinley* (R) | 53,180 | 61.5% | ||||||||
William J. Bryan (D) | 29,167 | 33.7% | ||||||||
John Woolley (Proh) | 2,157 | 2.5% | ||||||||
Eugene Debs (Soc) | 290 | 0.3% | ||||||||
Other | 1,701 | 2.0% | ||||||||
TOTAL | 86,495 | |||||||||
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