- Lead
- 1,021
- Total
- 7,986
- vs nation
- R+11.3
Rhode Island 28th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 613
- Total
- 8,377
- vs nation
- R+11.8
- Lead
- 965
- Total
- 7,302
- vs nation
- R+15.3
- Lead
- 318
- Total
- 6,858
- vs nation
- D+0.8
- Lead
- 316
- Total
- 7,304
- vs nation
- R+2.9
- Lead
- 119
- Total
- 6,840
- vs nation
- D+0.7
- Lead
- 782
- Total
- 6,311
- vs nation
- D+11.9
- Lead
- 1,132
- Total
- 6,090
- vs nation
- D+10.1
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+12.8MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 13,9742024 5-year
- Population density
- 521 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 26.8 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $112,4112024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 91.0%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.7%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 3.1%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+47.2 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+62.0 in 1896MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 29, RI · twin score 98.1
presidential history
Party record book
Rhode Island 28th 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
73.6%
3,434 votes · D+47.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Al Gore, 2000 · 52.6%
Republican
William McKinley1896
77.7%
286 votes · R+62.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Warren G. Harding, 1920 · 74.7%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
3,793votes
45.3% of the vote · R+7.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2008 · 3,732 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2020
4,406votes
52.6% of the vote · R+7.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2024 · 4,397 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
+24.6pts D vs U.S.
Place D+47.2 · U.S. D+22.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Al Gore, 2000 · +11.9 pts
Republican
William McKinley1896
+55.9pts R vs U.S.
Place R+62.0 · U.S. R+6.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Alf Landon, 1936 · +38.7 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%4,118 | 43.4%3,153 | 7,271 |
Rhode Island 28th State House District sits in New England. In 2024 it voted Republican.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 47.2 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 62.0 points in 1896. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 5.5 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 12.8 points.
A population of 13,974, a 91% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $112,411 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 29 and State House District 27.
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 28th State House District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/44028/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.