- Lead
- 587
- Total
- 8,167
- vs nation
- R+5.7
Rhode Island 44th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 492
- Total
- 9,391
- vs nation
- R+9.7
- Lead
- 1,162
- Total
- 8,407
- vs nation
- R+15.9
- Lead
- 22
- Total
- 7,683
- vs nation
- R+4.1
- Lead
- 89
- Total
- 8,120
- vs nation
- R+8.4
- Lead
- 670
- Total
- 7,619
- vs nation
- R+6.3
- Lead
- 288
- Total
- 6,919
- vs nation
- D+3.6
- Lead
- 701
- Total
- 6,670
- vs nation
- D+2.0
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+7.2MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 15,2772024 5-year
- Population density
- 1,005 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 15.2 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $119,2462024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 88.3%2024 5-year
- Black
- 1.0%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 4.2%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+41.1 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+63.4 in 1896MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 48, RI · twin score 98.0
presidential history
Party record book
Rhode Island 44th 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
70.6%
5,168 votes · D+41.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Hubert Humphrey, 1968 · 50.7%
Republican
William McKinley1896
79.9%
1,331 votes · R+63.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · James A. Garfield, 1880 · 77.9%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Lyndon B. Johnson1964
5,168votes
70.6% of the vote · D+41.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · John F. Kennedy, 1960 · 4,447 votes
Republican
Dwight D. Eisenhower1956
7,666votes
72.8% of the vote · R+45.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1952 · 7,269 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
+18.6pts D vs U.S.
Place D+41.1 · U.S. D+22.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Hubert Humphrey, 1968 · +7.1 pts
Republican
William McKinley1896
+57.3pts R vs U.S.
Place R+63.4 · U.S. R+6.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · William H. Taft, 1908 · +43.8 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%3,540 | 36.9%2,066 | 5,606 |
Rhode Island House District 44 recorded a 7.2-point Republican presidential margin in 2024, making it one of the few state house districts that consistently breaks from the statewide Democratic trend. Its compact population of roughly 15,000 anchors a competitive micro-battleground.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 41.1 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 63.4 points in 1896. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 1.9 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 7.2 points.
A population of 15,277, a 88% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $119,246 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 48 and State House District 41.
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 44th State House District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/44044/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.