- Lead
- 1,486
- Total
- 7,631
- vs nation
- R+18.0
Rhode Island 43rd State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 585
- Total
- 7,440
- vs nation
- R+12.3
- Lead
- 882
- Total
- 6,803
- vs nation
- R+15.1
- Lead
- 36
- Total
- 6,267
- vs nation
- R+3.3
- Lead
- 2
- Total
- 6,625
- vs nation
- R+7.3
- Lead
- 494
- Total
- 6,207
- vs nation
- R+5.5
- Lead
- 303
- Total
- 5,603
- vs nation
- D+4.9
- Lead
- 620
- Total
- 5,271
- vs nation
- D+3.2
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+19.5MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 14,3962024 5-year
- Population density
- 1,636 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 8.8 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $95,8042024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 76.4%2024 5-year
- Black
- 3.2%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 13.8%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+42.1 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+63.3 in 1896MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 47, RI · twin score 95.2
presidential history
Party record book
Rhode Island 43rd 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
71.0%
4,296 votes · D+42.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Hubert Humphrey, 1968 · 51.7%
Republican
William McKinley1896
80.9%
1,092 votes · R+63.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · James A. Garfield, 1880 · 78.7%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Lyndon B. Johnson1964
4,296votes
71.0% of the vote · D+42.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · John F. Kennedy, 1960 · 3,702 votes
Republican
Dwight D. Eisenhower1956
6,235votes
72.4% of the vote · R+44.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1952 · 5,924 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
+19.5pts D vs U.S.
Place D+42.1 · U.S. D+22.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Hubert Humphrey, 1968 · +8.1 pts
Republican
William McKinley1896
+57.2pts R vs U.S.
Place R+63.3 · U.S. R+6.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · William H. Taft, 1908 · +45.1 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 | 63.1%3,336 | 36.9%1,947 | 5,283 |
Rhode Island 43rd State House District sits in New England. In 2024 it voted Republican.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 42.1 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 63.3 points in 1896. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 11.6 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 19.5 points.
A population of 14,396, a 76% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $95,804 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 47 and State House District 42.
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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