- Lead
- 2,327
- Total
- 4,647
- vs nation
- D+51.5
Rhode Island 9th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 2,676
- Total
- 3,984
- vs nation
- D+62.7
- Lead
- 3,268
- Total
- 4,009
- vs nation
- D+79.4
- Lead
- 3,742
- Total
- 4,345
- vs nation
- D+82.3
- Lead
- 3,894
- Total
- 4,572
- vs nation
- D+77.9
- Lead
- 3,350
- Total
- 4,035
- vs nation
- D+85.5
- Lead
- 3,334
- Total
- 3,910
- vs nation
- D+84.7
- Lead
- 3,038
- Total
- 3,884
- vs nation
- D+73.2
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+50.1MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 15,2532024 5-year
- Population density
- 13,866 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 1.1 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $56,4792024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 18.6%2024 5-year
- Black
- 14.2%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 59.9%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+93.4 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 11, RI · twin score 99.0
presidential history
Party record book
Rhode Island 9th 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
96.7%
5,463 votes · D+93.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Grover Cleveland, 1888 · 95.1%
Republican
Donald Trump2024
22.5%
1,045 votes · D+50.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · William McKinley, 1896 · 20.0%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Lyndon B. Johnson1964
5,463votes
96.7% of the vote · D+93.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · John F. Kennedy, 1960 · 4,708 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
1,045votes
22.5% of the vote · D+50.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 618 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
+102.0pts D vs U.S.
Place D+78.9 · U.S. R+23.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Walter Mondale, 1984 · +96.9 pts
Republican
William H. Taft1912
−46.8pts R vs U.S.
Place D+66.3 · U.S. D+19.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2024 · −51.5 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%739 | 31.5%340 | 1,079 |
Rhode Island 9th State House District sits in New England. In 2024 it voted Democratic.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 93.4 points in 1964. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 17.1 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 50.1 points.
A population of 15,253, a 19% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $56,479 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 11 and State House District 12.
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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