2016 Rhode Island precinct and election results shapefile.

## RDH Date retrieval
06/10/2021

## Sources

Election results from Rhode Island Board of Elections (https://www.ri.gov/election/results/2016/general_election/data/)
Precinct shapefile from the U.S. Census Bureau's 2020 Redistricting Data Program final release.

## Fields metadata

Vote Column Label Format
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Columns reporting votes follow a standard label pattern. One example is:
G16PREDCli
The first character is G for a general election, P for a primary, C for a caucus, R for a runoff, S for a special.
Characters 2 and 3 are the year of the election.
Characters 4-6 represent the office type (see list below).
Character 7 represents the party of the candidate.
Characters 8-10 are the first three letters of the candidate's last name.

Office Codes
AGR - Commissioner of Agriculture
ATG - Attorney General
AUD - Auditor
COM - Comptroller
COU - City Council Member
DEL - Delegate to the U.S. House
GOV - Governor
H## - U.S. House, where ## is the district number. AL: at large.
HOD - House of Delegates, accompanied by a HOD_DIST column indicating district number
HOR - U.S. House, accompanied by a HOR_DIST column indicating district number
INS - Commissioner of Insurance
LAB - Commissioner of Labor
LTG - Lieutenant Governor
LND - Commissioner of Public Lands
PRE - President
PSC - Public Service Commissioner
PUC - Public Utilities Commissioner
RGT - State University Regent
RRC - Railroad Commissioner
SAC - State Court of Appeals
SOS - Secretary of State
SOV - Senate of Virginia, accompanied by a SOV_DIST column indicating district number
SPI - Superintendent of Public Instruction
SSC - State Supreme Court
TRE - Treasurer
USS - U.S. Senate

Party Codes
D and R will always represent Democrat and Republican, respectively.
See the state-specific notes for the remaining codes used in a particular file; note that third-party candidates may appear on the ballot under different party labels in different states.

## Fields

G16PREDCLI - Hillary Clinton (Democratic Party)
G16PRERTRU - Donald Trump (Republican Party)
G16PRELJOH - Gary Johnson (Libertarian Party)
G16PREGSTE - Jill Stein (Green Party)
G16PREAROC - "Rocky" Roque De La Fuente (American Delta Party)
G16PREOWRI - Write-in Votes

## Processing Steps

Several precincts in Providence were aligned with the city ward shapefile. Newport 2 and Newport 9 were merged to reverse a split that took place after the 2016 election.

Limited ballots were reported by township. Federal ballots were reported by congressional district. These were distributed by candidate to precincts based on their share of the precinct-level vote for the given reporting unit.