Barack Obama Democratic Donald Trump Republican The 2016 United States presidential election in Rhode Island took place on November 8, 2016, as part of the 2016 United States presidential election in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia participated.

Four candidates appeared on the Democratic presidential primary ballot:[2] Three candidates appeared on the Republican presidential primary ballot:[2] Clinton won both congressional districts.

[17] Donald Trump flipped several municipalities that had not voted for a Republican presidential candidate since the 1980s including Burrillville, Coventry, Exeter, Foster, Glocester, Hopkinton, Johnston, Lincoln, North Smithfield, Richmond, Smithfield, and West Warwick.

Meanwhile, Hillary Clinton was able to flip East Greenwich which voted for Mitt Romney in 2012.

As of the 2024 United States presidential election, this is the solitary election since 1984 where any county in Rhode Island voted Republican (Kent County narrowly voted for Trump), and the most recent election where Lincoln voted Republican.