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    Trump reduced margin from 2020

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    Americans woke up Wednesday morning to the news that Republicans former president donald trump assured the 270 Electoral College votes necessary to regain the White House, defeating Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris.

    While results are still being counted in some states this morning, Rhode Island’s political drama largely played out before midnight, with several races including victories for both Harris and US Senator Sheldon Whitehousebeing called by the Associated Press at 8 pm, just as the polls closed.

    If you want to catch up on what happened on election night, here are some key takeaways about how Rhode Island voted:

    Presidential election results: RI voted more red than in 2020

    How did Trump do? Republican Donald Trump won 42% of Rhode Island’s votes, reducing the Democratic winning margin by 7 points compared to 2020.

    He obtained 209,003 votes this year, compared to 199,922 in 2020 and 180,543 in 2016.

    How did Harris do? At the same time, 273,434 Rhode Islanders voted for Democrat Kamala Harris, compared to 307,486 who voted for Joe Biden in 2020.

    Where did Trump improve? Trump won 15 cities, up from 11 in 2020. He turned around Woonsocket, Lincoln, West Warwick and Richmond.

    Interesting conclusions: Harris won 57% of the vote in both Portsmouth (where Republicans won four of seven city council seats) and Little Compton (where Republicans won three of five city council seats). In Charlestown, Harris won 51% of the vote, and Republicans won three of five city council seats.

    Johnston continued to demonstrate the opposite trend: Trump won 61.2% of the vote there, while Democrats, many of them unopposed, won every city council seat. Similarly, in Richmond, Trump won 52.3% of the vote, but Democrats won three of five city council seats.

    Foster also gave Trump the largest margin of any city, 67%.

    Harris won 72% of the vote in Providence, compared to 80% for Biden in 2020, when the capital city offered the largest Democratic margin.

    This year, Harris’ biggest margin was in Block Island, where she won 76% of the vote.

    Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who appeared on the ballot as a third-party candidate even though he dropped out of the race and endorsed Trump, had the most support in Exeter, Foster and Little Compton, where he won 1.4% of the votes. vote.

    Results of the electoral questions: the constitutional convention fell hard

    Although the state Republican Party endorsed a constitutional convention, conservative Foster rejected Question 1 by the largest margin, 75%.

    Central Falls was the only community in Rhode Island whose voters wanted a constitutional convention. And it wasn’t close. Question 1 prevailed in Central Falls by 20 points (60% to 40%), while it was rejected in the rest of the municipalities.

    In Barrington, voters canceled financial town meetings, elected former House Speaker candidate Liana Cassar to the town council and rejected the use of funds approved by the Town Meeting to build new artificial turf fields.

    Coventry voters rejected the state’s $10 million arts bond by 59% to 41%.

    A year after sinking a proposed bond for a new middle school, North Kingstown voters approved $137 million for school facilities and $60 million for a police and fire complex.

    Some questions about state-level bonds proved more popular than others. Burrillville, Foster, Glocester, Scituate and West Greenwich rejected everything except the proposed “green economy” bond. Cumberland, Johnston, North Kingstown and West Warwick rejected the “cultural arts” bond but approved all other statewide spending issues.

    North Kingstown passed a $60 million bond for a new public safety complex and a $137 million bond for school facility improvements, just one year after a ballot question asking voters to approve a combined $247 bond .5 million for those items, plus a recreation center with pickleball courts. , fell into flames.

    In Woonsocket, ballot questions asking voters to update the city charter by removing gendered language and outdated references to “Providence Plantations” failed.

    Mayoral races: some surprises

    Cranston voters again demonstrated their willingness to elect Republicans to local, but not national, office. In the presidential race, Kamala Harris got 49.6% of the vote, while Donald Trump got 47.9%. In the mayoral race, Republican Ken Hopkins received 52.9% of the vote and Democrat Robert Ferri received 46.8% of the vote. Still, he maintained a Democratic majority (5-4) on the City Council.

    In Newport, Mayor Xay Khamsyvoravong was the third-highest vote-getter in the city council general election. Newport voters do not directly elect a mayor, so the city council candidate with the most votes has traditionally held that position.

    A look at hyperlocal racing

    It was a difficult year for incumbents seeking re-election to the Narragansett City Council. All three (Jill Lawler, Steven Ferrandi and Ewa Dzwierzynski) lost to a host of newcomers on Tuesday.

    But the top vote-getter among the eight candidates running for the Narragansett school committee was Megan Reilly, who led opposition to school debt a year ago.

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