- Lead
- 1,434
- Total
- 4,510
- vs nation
- D+33.3
Rhode Island 62nd State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 1,730
- Total
- 5,307
- vs nation
- D+28.1
- Lead
- 1,345
- Total
- 4,638
- vs nation
- D+26.9
- Lead
- 1,928
- Total
- 4,506
- vs nation
- D+38.9
- Lead
- 2,026
- Total
- 4,737
- vs nation
- D+35.5
- Lead
- 1,528
- Total
- 4,304
- vs nation
- D+38.0
- Lead
- 1,834
- Total
- 4,131
- vs nation
- D+43.9
- Lead
- 1,869
- Total
- 3,973
- vs nation
- D+38.5
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+31.8MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 13,9422024 5-year
- Population density
- 6,337 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 2.2 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $65,6142024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 55.7%2024 5-year
- Black
- 9.7%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 21.6%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+72.0 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+32.6 in 1896MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 6, RI · twin score 94.6
presidential history
Party record book
Rhode Island 62nd 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
86.0%
4,388 votes · D+72.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Hubert Humphrey, 1968 · 73.4%
Republican
William McKinley1896
65.1%
448 votes · R+32.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · James A. Garfield, 1880 · 58.4%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Lyndon B. Johnson1964
4,388votes
86.0% of the vote · D+72.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · John F. Kennedy, 1960 · 3,791 votes
Republican
Dwight D. Eisenhower1956
2,569votes
51.3% of the vote · R+2.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1952 · 2,436 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
+49.4pts D vs U.S.
Place D+72.0 · U.S. D+22.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Hubert Humphrey, 1968 · +49.1 pts
Republican
William McKinley1896
+26.5pts R vs U.S.
Place R+32.6 · U.S. R+6.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · William H. Taft, 1912 · +8.4 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%3,231 | 36.8%1,885 | 5,116 |
With a 2024 presidential margin of D+31.8 in a district of roughly 14,000 residents, Rhode Island House District 62 ranks among the state's most reliably blue legislative constituencies, reflecting the dense, urban character typical of heavily Democratic Providence-area precincts.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 72.0 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 32.6 points in 1896. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 0.8 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 31.8 points.
A population of 13,942, a 56% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $65,614 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 6 and State House District 8.
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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