- Lead
- 1,850
- Total
- 5,206
- vs nation
- D+37.0
Rhode Island 6th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 2,071
- Total
- 5,594
- vs nation
- D+32.6
- Lead
- 1,750
- Total
- 5,193
- vs nation
- D+31.6
- Lead
- 2,397
- Total
- 5,178
- vs nation
- D+42.4
- Lead
- 2,491
- Total
- 5,477
- vs nation
- D+38.2
- Lead
- 1,928
- Total
- 4,923
- vs nation
- D+41.6
- Lead
- 2,252
- Total
- 4,667
- vs nation
- D+47.7
- Lead
- 2,261
- Total
- 4,576
- vs nation
- D+40.9
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+35.5MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 15,0382024 5-year
- Population density
- 7,519 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 2 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $73,0052024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 46.3%2024 5-year
- Black
- 11.4%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 33.2%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+74.1 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+25.0 in 1896MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 7, RI · twin score 95.7
presidential history
Party record book
Rhode Island 6th 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
87.0%
5,100 votes · D+74.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · John F. Kennedy, 1960 · 73.7%
Republican
William McKinley1896
59.7%
479 votes · R+25.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · James A. Garfield, 1880 · 53.0%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Lyndon B. Johnson1964
5,100votes
87.0% of the vote · D+74.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · John F. Kennedy, 1960 · 4,407 votes
Republican
Dwight D. Eisenhower1956
2,668votes
48.5% of the vote · D+3.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1952 · 2,532 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
Lyndon B. Johnson1964
+51.5pts D vs U.S.
Place D+74.1 · U.S. D+22.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Hubert Humphrey, 1968 · +51.1 pts
Republican
William McKinley1896
+19.0pts R vs U.S.
Place R+25.0 · U.S. R+6.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · William H. Taft, 1912 · +3.4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | D | 63.2%3,485 | 36.8%2,033 | 5,518 |
With a D+35.5 presidential margin in 2024, this Providence-area district ranks among the most heavily Democratic state house seats in Rhode Island, reflecting the dense urban precincts that anchor its electorate.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 74.1 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 25.0 points in 1896. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 1.5 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 35.5 points.
A population of 15,038, a 46% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $73,005 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 7 and State House District 5.
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 6th State House District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/44006/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.