- Lead
- 619
- Total
- 7,879
- vs nation
- D+9.3
Rhode Island 37th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 1,416
- Total
- 8,533
- vs nation
- D+12.1
- Lead
- 411
- Total
- 7,429
- vs nation
- D+3.4
- Lead
- 868
- Total
- 7,061
- vs nation
- D+8.4
- Lead
- 1,170
- Total
- 7,391
- vs nation
- D+8.6
- Lead
- 622
- Total
- 7,060
- vs nation
- D+11.3
- Lead
- 649
- Total
- 6,274
- vs nation
- D+9.8
- Lead
- 888
- Total
- 5,449
- vs nation
- D+7.8
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+7.9MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 14,6382024 5-year
- Population density
- 957 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 15.3 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $99,6492024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 87.7%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.7%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 4.3%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+36.0 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+59.4 in 1896MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 36, RI · twin score 95.4
presidential history
Party record book
Rhode Island 37th 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
68.0%
1,878 votes · D+36.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 57.5%
Republican
Warren G. Harding1920
78.3%
796 votes · R+57.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Calvin Coolidge, 1924 · 78.0%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
4,906votes
57.5% of the vote · D+16.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2008 · 4,208 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
3,552votes
45.1% of the vote · D+7.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 3,490 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
+13.5pts D vs U.S.
Place D+36.0 · U.S. D+22.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · +12.1 pts
Republican
Alf Landon1936
+55.7pts R vs U.S.
Place R+31.5 · U.S. D+24.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · William McKinley, 1896 · +53.3 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 | 60.1%4,896 | 39.9%3,249 | 8,145 |
The 2024 presidential margin was D+7.9, one of the narrower results among Rhode Island's state house districts, compared with D+15.8 in 2008. In the 2024 ACS 5-year, 52.4% of adults held a bachelor's degree or higher.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 36.0 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 59.4 points in 1896. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 8.7 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 7.9 points.
A population of 14,638, a 88% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $99,649 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 36 and State House District 68.
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 37th State House District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/44037/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.