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RHODE ISLAND

capital: providencc Congressional Districts: 2 1970 Population: 949,723 Counties: s - National Rank: 39 Voting Precincts: 475.

1970 Per Cepite Income:s3,gzo 1972 Convention Delegates: 22

National Rank: 15 1972 Electoral Votes: ‘ KEY OFFICE HOLDERS. _ Year First Elected to %

Home Party Elected Present Term Vote u.s. Senator John 0. Pastoro D 1950 1970 67.51 0.8. Senator Claiborne Pell D 1960 1972 53.7 Governor Philip Noel D 1972 1972 52.5 Lt. Governor J. Joseph Gerrahy D 1968 1972 61.3 Secretary of State Robert F. Burns 0 1972 1972 57.6 Attorney General Richard Israel R 1970 1972 57.8 LEGISLATIVE COMPOSITION ESEEEEEEE EEREEEEEEEi Congressional Delegation 2 0 State Senate 37 13 State House 73, 27 PO?ULATION 1970 Population: 949,723 Ethnic and Racial: Urban: 87.1% White: 96.6% ltalian: 7.7% Rural: 12.9 Black: 2.7%

Age: 18-20: 59,000 (19 8‘ Other: .7t

21—24: 751,000 ' ) Median Age: 29.2 years

25-44: 219,oo_o (32.6%) Median Voting Age: 44.1

45-64: 213,000 (3l.6%) "hite 00113f3 45.1%

659: 108,000 (16.0t) Blue Collar: 42.3 VOTER REGISTRATION.

Democrats _t_ Rembllcms L Others _3_ Total

(no statewide party registration) 531,847

PRESIDENTIAL VOTES

1972 Nixon McGovern 1968 Nixon 122,359 Humphrey 246,518 Hellace 15.678 1964 Johnson 315.463 Goldwater 74,615 1960 Kennedy 258,032 Nixon 147,502

(53.1%) (45.910 (32%) (64*) (4t) (81:) (19:) (64%) (36%)