- Lead
- 314
- Total
- 7,161
- vs nation
- R+2.9
Rhode Island 26th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 238
- Total
- 6,925
- vs nation
- R+1.0
- Lead
- 368
- Total
- 6,053
- vs nation
- R+8.2
- Lead
- 689
- Total
- 5,796
- vs nation
- D+8.0
- Lead
- 745
- Total
- 6,230
- vs nation
- D+4.7
- Lead
- 353
- Total
- 5,744
- vs nation
- D+8.6
- Lead
- 1,042
- Total
- 5,372
- vs nation
- D+18.9
- Lead
- 1,290
- Total
- 5,188
- vs nation
- D+16.3
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+4.4MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 14,1932024 5-year
- Population density
- 2,366 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 6 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $106,6412024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 83.0%2024 5-year
- Black
- 2.4%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 7.3%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+52.7 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+62.4 in 1896MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 27, RI · twin score 96.4
presidential history
Party record book
Rhode Island 26th 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
76.4%
3,128 votes · D+52.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Al Gore, 2000 · 56.5%
Republican
William McKinley1896
79.1%
227 votes · R+62.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Warren G. Harding, 1920 · 72.5%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
3,514votes
50.7% of the vote · D+3.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2008 · 3,398 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
3,619votes
50.5% of the vote · R+4.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 3,276 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
+30.2pts D vs U.S.
Place D+52.7 · U.S. D+22.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Al Gore, 2000 · +18.9 pts
Republican
William McKinley1896
+56.3pts R vs U.S.
Place R+62.4 · U.S. R+6.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · William McKinley, 1900 · +35.1 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 | 56.6%4,183 | 43.4%3,203 | 7,386 |
Rhode Island House District 26 is a small suburban constituency of roughly 14,000 residents that registered a modest Republican lean in the 2024 presidential race, a notable signal in a state that typically delivers Democratic margins statewide.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 52.7 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 62.4 points in 1896. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 7.8 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 4.4 points.
A population of 14,193, a 83% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $106,641 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 27 and State House District 28.
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 26th State House District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/44026/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.