Rhode Island Republican Delegation 2000

The Green Papers: Election 2000

Last modified Tuesday, December 26, 2000
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	Popular Vote	Delegate Votes
	Rhode Island Republican Primary: Tuesday, March 7, 2000
	Popular Vote	Floor Vote	Hard Total
McCain, John	`21,754 60%`		`14. 100%`
Bush, George W.	`13,170 36%`	`14. 100%`
Keyes, Alan	`923 3%`
Uncommitted	`114 0%`
Forbes, Steve	`89 0%`
Bauer, Gary	`35 0%`
Hatch, Orrin	`35 0%`
Total	`36,120 100%`	`14. 100%`	`14. 100%`
Voter Eligibility: Modified Open Primary, Polls Close at 9 PM EST (0200 UTC) Delegate Selection: Winner-Take-All Primary 14 total delegates - 6 base at-large / 6 re: 2 congressional districts / 2 bonus

The Popular Vote above is based on official returns from the 7 March Primary.

Here's how we estimate the delegate count:

The candidate receiving the highest popular vote receives 14 delegates. McCain has received the largest number of votes.

Tuesday 7 March 2000: All 14 of Rhode Island's delegates to the Republican National Convention are allocated to a presidential contender in today's Rhode Island Presidential Primary.

"The 14 National Convention delegates are to be allocated to the presidential contender receiving the greatest number of votes in the primary statewide, notwithstanding that candidate's percentage of the total primary vote statewide. This winning candidate will be said to have received the 'final net primary vote'".