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PRIMARY RESULTS: Rhode Island - March 2
Democratic Presidential: Modified closed primary
32 total delegates* -- 21 tied to March 2 primary

State Information: 4 electoral votes
648,208 registered voters -- voters do not register by party
This page represents results, including delegate count, reported immediately after each state's contest. More >
RACE STATUS CANDIDATE VOTES VOTE% DEL PRECINCTS LOCAL EXIT POLL
Rhode Island
updated: 11:03 a.m.,
March 12
 Kerry 24,073 71%17 100% reporting results by county voter survey results
  Edwards 6,359 19%4
  Dean 1,315 4%0
  Kucinich 1,028 3%0
  Uncommitted 388 1%0

 Rhode Island has 21 pledged and 11 unpledged delegates. Of the 21 pledged delegates, 13 are district-level delegates (based on results of a given district's binding primary), five are at-large delegates and three are "party leader and elected official" (PLEO) delegates. Of the 11 unpledged delegates, 10 are PLEO delegates and one is an add-on.
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• Exit polls are a survey of selected voters taken soon after they leave their voting place. Pollsters use this sample information, collected from a small percentage of voters, to track and project how all voters or specific segments of the voters sided on a particular race or ballot measure. For more on how to read exit polls, click here.
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