- Lead
- 1,577
- Total
- 8,434
- vs nation
- D+20.2
Rhode Island 30th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 1,712
- Total
- 8,603
- vs nation
- D+15.4
- Lead
- 652
- Total
- 7,567
- vs nation
- D+6.5
- Lead
- 2,022
- Total
- 7,411
- vs nation
- D+23.4
- Lead
- 2,120
- Total
- 7,904
- vs nation
- D+19.5
- Lead
- 1,535
- Total
- 7,310
- vs nation
- D+23.5
- Lead
- 2,294
- Total
- 6,965
- vs nation
- D+32.4
- Lead
- 2,506
- Total
- 6,775
- vs nation
- D+28.5
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+18.7MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 14,1352024 5-year
- Population density
- 431 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 32.8 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $183,1632024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 84.6%2024 5-year
- Black
- 1.0%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 4.1%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+63.1 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+42.3 in 1896MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- 18th Essex District, MA · twin score 90.5
presidential history
Party record book
Rhode Island 30th 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
81.5%
4,532 votes · D+63.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Hubert Humphrey, 1968 · 63.3%
Republican
William McKinley1896
69.3%
226 votes · R+42.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Warren G. Harding, 1920 · 64.5%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
5,060votes
58.8% of the vote · D+19.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2008 · 4,938 votes
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
3,377votes
53.2% of the vote · R+6.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Ronald Reagan, 1984 · 3,374 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
+40.5pts D vs U.S.
Place D+63.1 · U.S. D+22.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Al Gore, 2000 · +32.4 pts
Republican
William McKinley1896
+36.3pts R vs U.S.
Place R+42.3 · U.S. R+6.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · William McKinley, 1900 · +17.3 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%4,165 | 43.4%3,189 | 7,354 |
Rhode Island 30th State House District sits in New England. In 2024 it voted Democratic.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 63.1 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 42.3 points in 1896. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 1.2 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 18.7 points.
A population of 14,135, a 85% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $183,163 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of 18th Essex District and 2nd Essex District.
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 30th State House District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/44030/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.