- Lead
- 394
- Total
- 7,344
- vs nation
- R+3.9
Rhode Island 27th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 183
- Total
- 7,788
- vs nation
- R+2.1
- Lead
- 209
- Total
- 6,821
- vs nation
- R+5.2
- Lead
- 1,014
- Total
- 6,638
- vs nation
- D+11.4
- Lead
- 1,054
- Total
- 7,054
- vs nation
- D+7.7
- Lead
- 602
- Total
- 6,519
- vs nation
- D+11.7
- Lead
- 1,375
- Total
- 6,102
- vs nation
- D+22.0
- Lead
- 1,622
- Total
- 5,895
- vs nation
- D+19.0
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+5.4MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 14,8622024 5-year
- Population density
- 3,033 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 4.9 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $90,4092024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 84.3%2024 5-year
- Black
- 1.5%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 6.1%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+54.9 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+55.2 in 1896MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 26, RI · twin score 96.4
presidential history
Party record book
Rhode Island 27th 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
77.4%
3,641 votes · D+54.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Al Gore, 2000 · 58.1%
Republican
William McKinley1896
73.5%
253 votes · R+55.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Warren G. Harding, 1920 · 70.3%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Barack Obama2008
3,958votes
56.1% of the vote · D+14.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 3,894 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
3,748votes
51.0% of the vote · R+5.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 3,711 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
+32.3pts D vs U.S.
Place D+54.9 · U.S. D+22.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Al Gore, 2000 · +22.0 pts
Republican
William McKinley1896
+49.2pts R vs U.S.
Place R+55.2 · U.S. R+6.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · William McKinley, 1900 · +27.9 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%4,380 | 43.4%3,354 | 7,734 |
With just under 15,000 residents, this compact district shifted toward the Republican presidential candidate by 5.4 points in 2024, an unusual outcome in a state that Democrats routinely carry by double digits statewide.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 54.9 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 55.2 points in 1896. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 7.7 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 5.4 points.
A population of 14,862, a 84% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $90,409 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 26 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 27th State House District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/44027/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.