- Lead
- 1,960
- Total
- 7,699
- vs nation
- R+24.0
Rhode Island 47th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 1,262
- Total
- 7,373
- vs nation
- R+21.6
- Lead
- 1,310
- Total
- 6,263
- vs nation
- R+23.0
- Lead
- 514
- Total
- 5,567
- vs nation
- R+13.1
- Lead
- 575
- Total
- 5,893
- vs nation
- R+17.0
- Lead
- 970
- Total
- 5,582
- vs nation
- R+14.9
- Lead
- 164
- Total
- 5,093
- vs nation
- R+3.7
- Lead
- 203
- Total
- 4,945
- vs nation
- R+4.4
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+25.5MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 14,1922024 5-year
- Population density
- 319 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 44.5 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $107,6702024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 91.3%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.6%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 3.5%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+34.2 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+71.3 in 1896MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 40, RI · twin score 97.2
presidential history
Party record book
Rhode Island 47th 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
67.1%
3,450 votes · D+34.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Hubert Humphrey, 1968 · 45.8%
Republican
James A. Garfield1880
84.0%
429 votes · R+69.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · William McKinley, 1896 · 83.3%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Lyndon B. Johnson1964
3,450votes
67.1% of the vote · D+34.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 2,966 votes
Republican
Dwight D. Eisenhower1956
5,990votes
75.8% of the vote · R+51.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1952 · 5,688 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
+11.7pts D vs U.S.
Place D+34.2 · U.S. D+22.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Hubert Humphrey, 1968 · −1.3 pts
Republican
William McKinley1896
+65.2pts R vs U.S.
Place R+71.3 · U.S. R+6.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · William McKinley, 1900 · +52.2 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 | 63.2%3,289 | 36.8%1,919 | 5,208 |
Rhode Island 47th State House District sits in New England. In 2024 it voted Republican.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 34.2 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 71.3 points in 1896. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 8.3 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 25.5 points.
A population of 14,192, a 91% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $107,670 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 40 and State House District 43.
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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