Rhode Island Question 4

Cultural Economy. 2026 results by city or town, from Rhode Island's official results file: Approve 49.4%, Reject 50.6% statewide.

Statewide

On the ballot: 4. CULTURAL ECONOMY - $50,000,000. To provide funding for cultural economy efforts, to be allocated as follows: a. State History Center - $45,000,000 b. State Preservation Grants Program - $5,000,000

Approve: Your vote to “Approve” means that you support the State issuing $50,000,000 in general obligation bonds for cultural economy efforts.
Reject: Your vote to “Reject” means that you are against the State issuing $50,000,000 in general obligation bonds for cultural economy efforts.

Approve 49.4% Reject 50.6%

170,368 approve and 174,504 reject.

The state's voter information handbook, page 13 · The state's unofficial results

The state's unofficial totals. We don't call measures.

By city or town

39 cities and towns: Approve has the most votes in 9, Reject has the most votes in 30. The figures for each city or town are from the same file and add up to the statewide totals.

City or town	Approve	Reject	Votes
Barrington	50.3%	49.7%	7,729
Bristol	48.8%	51.2%	7,987
Burrillville	37.6%	62.4%	5,743
Central Falls	73.0%	27.0%	2,015
Charlestown	44.1%	55.9%	4,017
Coventry	37.7%	62.3%	13,440
Cranston	46.3%	53.7%	27,332
Cumberland	47.3%	52.7%	12,219
East Greenwich	46.7%	53.3%	6,308
East Providence	53.6%	46.4%	16,197
Exeter	39.8%	60.2%	2,907
Foster	35.6%	64.4%	2,073
Glocester	34.2%	65.8%	4,393
Hopkinton	38.5%	61.5%	3,565
Jamestown	48.0%	52.0%	3,113
Johnston	44.0%	56.0%	9,205
Lincoln	45.7%	54.3%	8,840
Little Compton	49.6%	50.4%	2,024
Middletown	45.0%	55.0%	5,527
Narragansett	43.7%	56.3%	6,486
New Shoreham	58.4%	41.6%	623
Newport	56.6%	43.4%	7,018
North Kingstown	43.5%	56.5%	12,685
North Providence	53.2%	46.8%	10,098
North Smithfield	39.0%	61.0%	4,771
Pawtucket	63.9%	36.1%	15,222
Portsmouth	42.9%	57.1%	7,645
Providence	71.9%	28.1%	37,535
Richmond	38.9%	61.1%	3,574
Scituate	35.9%	64.1%	4,419
Smithfield	40.3%	59.7%	8,086
South Kingstown	50.0%	50.0%	12,378
Tiverton	44.4%	55.6%	5,924
Warren	50.3%	49.7%	4,127
Warwick	44.4%	55.6%	31,560
West Greenwich	37.8%	62.2%	2,793
West Warwick	45.5%	54.5%	9,128
Westerly	48.4%	51.6%	8,611
Woonsocket	49.8%	50.2%	7,555

The share with the most votes in each place is in bold. That's the count, not a result.

Sources & scope

Rhode Island's official results, file posted Nov 12, 11:12 AM. Unofficial until certified. Rhode Island's page has its other statewide offices, ballot measures and legislature.