What President Trump Has Done So Far. Zeke J Miller. Jan 24, 2017. President Donald Trump first week is off to a frenetic start, with business leader, staff, and congressional meetings, along with a flurry of executive actions occupying his time.
Rhode Island has been reliably Democratic since 1928, only voting Republican four times â twice for Eisenhower in 1952 and 1956, for Nixon in 1972, and for Reagan in 1984, when he won every state except Minnesota. In 2012, Barack Obama defeated Mitt Romney by about 27.5%.
It was also the relevant party in the state that Franklin Roosevelt lived in at the time. While in TR's time, the GOP owned New York State politics, by 1910, the Democratic Party was resurgent.