ELECTORAL VOTES 4

2008 ELECTION Strong Obama

ABOUT
RHODE ISLAND

Rhode Island was the last of the 13 original colonies to ratify the Constitution, entering the Union in May 1790. The state has had four electoral votes since it first participated in 1792, except for the 1910s and 1920s when it had five. Rhode Island has been reliably Democratic since 1928, only voting Republican four times – twice for Eisenhower in 1952 and 1956, for Nixon in 1972, and for Reagan in 1984, when he won every state except Minnesota. In 2004, John Kerry defeated George W. Bush by almost 21%, the second largest margin of any state (only neighboring Massachusetts’ was larger).