- Lead
- 2,294
- Total
- 4,442
- vs nation
- D+53.1
Rhode Island 1st State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 3,221
- Total
- 4,048
- vs nation
- D+75.1
- Lead
- 3,131
- Total
- 4,170
- vs nation
- D+73.0
- Lead
- 3,601
- Total
- 4,345
- vs nation
- D+79.0
- Lead
- 3,754
- Total
- 4,665
- vs nation
- D+73.2
- Lead
- 3,211
- Total
- 4,044
- vs nation
- D+81.9
- Lead
- 3,248
- Total
- 4,022
- vs nation
- D+80.2
- Lead
- 2,888
- Total
- 4,043
- vs nation
- D+68.3
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+51.6MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 14,7912024 5-year
- Population density
- 12,326 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 1.2 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $148,9172024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 63.4%2024 5-year
- Black
- 4.4%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 9.2%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+92.7 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 2, RI · twin score 94.5
presidential history
Party record book
Rhode Island 1st State House District · the strongest Democratic and Republican presidential performances recorded here, measured three ways.
1892–2024 (partial returns from 1876) · 38 presidential cycles · 38 with a vote-share denominator · 34 with a national benchmark
Highest vote share
Largest share of the presidential candidate vote cast here.
Democratic
Lyndon B. Johnson1964
96.3%
5,435 votes · D+92.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · John F. Kennedy, 1960 · 92.1%
Republican
William McKinley1896
27.7%
127 votes · D+33.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Warren G. Harding, 1920 · 23.6%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Lyndon B. Johnson1964
5,435votes
96.3% of the vote · D+92.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · John F. Kennedy, 1960 · 4,676 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
1,008votes
22.7% of the vote · D+51.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1956 · 675 votes
Best relative to the U.S.
This Place’s margin against the national margin in the same election — positive when it leaned toward the party more than the country did.
Democratic
George McGovern1972
+93.4pts D vs U.S.
Place D+70.2 · U.S. R+23.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Al Smith, 1928 · +89.2 pts
Republican
William H. Taft1912
−37.2pts R vs U.S.
Place D+56.7 · U.S. D+19.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · William McKinley, 1896 · −39.8 pts
Current officeholders
State legislative officeholder from OpenStates nightly current-legislator data.
Senate and governor results are in the Office selector at the top of this page.
U.S. House
Each row is a county-allocated estimate of U.S. House votes for this district — county returns apportioned onto its boundary, not precinct-counted. “Vote lead” is the estimated local lead here, not necessarily the winner of the full contest.
| Year | Vote lead | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | D | 68.5%717 | 31.5%330 | 1,047 |
Anchored in Providence, this compact district delivered a 51.6-point Democratic presidential margin in 2024, making it one of the most reliably left-leaning constituencies in a state that already leans heavily Democratic statewide.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 92.7 points in 1964. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 27.9 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 51.6 points.
A population of 14,791, a 63% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $148,917 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 2 and State House District 4.
The state-house districts whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
District research tools
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