- Lead
- 2,299
- Total
- 4,579
- vs nation
- D+51.7
Rhode Island 8th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 2,774
- Total
- 4,266
- vs nation
- D+60.6
- Lead
- 2,445
- Total
- 3,781
- vs nation
- D+62.6
- Lead
- 2,890
- Total
- 3,942
- vs nation
- D+69.5
- Lead
- 2,981
- Total
- 4,174
- vs nation
- D+64.1
- Lead
- 2,510
- Total
- 3,690
- vs nation
- D+70.5
- Lead
- 2,600
- Total
- 3,606
- vs nation
- D+71.6
- Lead
- 2,349
- Total
- 3,634
- vs nation
- D+60.1
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+50.2MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 15,0142024 5-year
- Population density
- 12,512 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 1.2 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $72,5002024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 37.9%2024 5-year
- Black
- 10.8%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 41.6%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+87.4 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 9, RI · twin score 96.8
presidential history
Party record book
Rhode Island 8th 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
93.7%
4,589 votes · D+87.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · John F. Kennedy, 1960 · 87.9%
Republican
William McKinley1896
35.2%
163 votes · D+17.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Warren G. Harding, 1920 · 30.7%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Lyndon B. Johnson1964
4,589votes
93.7% of the vote · D+87.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · John F. Kennedy, 1960 · 3,950 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
1,026votes
22.4% of the vote · D+50.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1956 · 929 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
+79.6pts D vs U.S.
Place D+56.5 · U.S. R+23.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Al Smith, 1928 · +75.7 pts
Republican
William McKinley1896
−24.0pts R vs U.S.
Place D+17.9 · U.S. R+6.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · William H. Taft, 1912 · −24.5 pts
Current officeholders
State legislative officeholder from OpenStates nightly current-legislator data.
With a 2024 presidential margin of D+50.2 in a district of roughly 15,000 residents, this Providence-area seat ranks among the most lopsided in the state, reflecting a dense, urban electorate that has consistently backed Democratic candidates by wide margins.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 87.4 points in 1964. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 14.8 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 50.2 points.
A population of 15,014, a 38% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $72,500 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 9 and State House District 60.
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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