- Lead
- 2,172
- Total
- 4,250
- vs nation
- D+52.6
Rhode Island 2nd State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 3,540
- Total
- 4,768
- vs nation
- D+69.8
- Lead
- 2,992
- Total
- 4,392
- vs nation
- D+66.0
- Lead
- 3,510
- Total
- 4,539
- vs nation
- D+73.5
- Lead
- 3,660
- Total
- 4,834
- vs nation
- D+68.4
- Lead
- 3,099
- Total
- 4,239
- vs nation
- D+75.6
- Lead
- 3,152
- Total
- 4,191
- vs nation
- D+74.7
- Lead
- 2,778
- Total
- 4,259
- vs nation
- D+62.7
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+51.1MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 14,1592024 5-year
- Population density
- 9,439 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 1.5 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $70,5862024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 59.5%2024 5-year
- Black
- 5.8%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 12.5%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+90.5 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 4, RI · twin score 95.3
presidential history
Party record book
Rhode Island 2nd 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
95.3%
5,446 votes · D+90.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · John F. Kennedy, 1960 · 89.6%
Republican
William McKinley1896
31.4%
171 votes · D+23.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Warren G. Harding, 1920 · 28.2%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Lyndon B. Johnson1964
5,446votes
95.3% of the vote · D+90.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · John F. Kennedy, 1960 · 4,695 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
967votes
22.8% of the vote · D+51.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1956 · 916 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
+84.8pts D vs U.S.
Place D+61.6 · U.S. R+23.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Al Smith, 1928 · +81.1 pts
Republican
William H. Taft1912
−26.1pts R vs U.S.
Place D+45.7 · U.S. D+19.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · William McKinley, 1896 · −29.1 pts
Current officeholders
State legislative officeholder from OpenStates nightly current-legislator data.
This compact Providence-area district recorded a 51.1-point Democratic presidential margin in 2024, placing it among the most heavily one-sided state house seats in Rhode Island and reflecting the dense, urban character of its electorate.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 90.5 points in 1964. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 23.1 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 51.1 points.
A population of 14,159, a 60% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $70,586 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 4 and State House District 1.
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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Rhode Island 2nd State House District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/44002/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.