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The2024 Rhode Island Republican presidential primary was held on April 2, 2024, as part of theRepublican Party primaries for the2024 presidential election. 19 delegates to the2024 Republican National Convention were allocated on a winner-take-most basis.[1] The contest was held alongside primaries inDelaware,New York, andWisconsin.
Even though Trump cruised to victory, he showed a poorer result as compared to his performance in 2020 (albeit as a non-incumbent), getting almost 3% fewer votes.[2] Conversely, Nikki Haley crossed the 10% threshold,[3] recording her best results in the suburban[4] town ofBarrington, which Donald Trump lost in the 2016 primary[5] and the island town ofNew Shoreham.
| Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size[a] | Margin of error | Ron DeSantis | Donald Trump | Other |
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| Echelon Insights[6] | Aug 31 – Sep 7, 2022 | 102 (LV) | ± 6.1% | 38% | 54% | 8% |

Trump swept through every county and municipality in the state, but lost ground in comparison to his 2020 performance. Having officially run unopposed both times, he recorded poorer results in 2024 in all but two towns.
| Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Actual delegate count | ||
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| Bound | Unbound | Total | |||
| Donald Trump | 10,898 | 84.5% | 17 | 17 | |
| Nikki Haley (withdrawn) | 1,371 | 10.6% | 2 | 2 | |
| Uncommitted | 257 | 2.0% | |||
| Ron DeSantis (withdrawn) | 178 | 1.4% | |||
| Chris Christie (withdrawn) | 154 | 1.2% | |||
| Vivek Ramaswamy (withdrawn) | 40 | 0.3% | |||
| Total: | 12,898 | 100.0% | 19 | 19 | |