- Lead
- 1,206
- Total
- 7,325
- vs nation
- D+17.9
Rhode Island 68th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 1,897
- Total
- 8,186
- vs nation
- D+18.7
- Lead
- 1,257
- Total
- 7,343
- vs nation
- D+15.0
- Lead
- 1,272
- Total
- 7,101
- vs nation
- D+14.1
- Lead
- 1,588
- Total
- 7,441
- vs nation
- D+14.1
- Lead
- 945
- Total
- 7,143
- vs nation
- D+15.7
- Lead
- 1,120
- Total
- 6,704
- vs nation
- D+16.2
- Lead
- 1,211
- Total
- 6,231
- vs nation
- D+10.9
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+16.5MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 13,9192024 5-year
- Population density
- 2,245 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 6.2 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $95,1952024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 90.5%2024 5-year
- Black
- 1.2%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 3.5%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+48.4 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+54.9 in 1896MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 36, RI · twin score 95.8
presidential history
Party record book
Rhode Island 68th 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
74.2%
3,953 votes · D+48.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 60.5%
Republican
William McKinley1896
74.9%
402 votes · R+54.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · James A. Garfield, 1880 · 72.7%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
4,953votes
60.5% of the vote · D+23.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2008 · 4,451 votes
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
3,720votes
57.4% of the vote · R+15.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Ronald Reagan, 1984 · 3,592 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
+25.8pts D vs U.S.
Place D+48.4 · U.S. D+22.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · +18.7 pts
Republican
William McKinley1896
+48.9pts R vs U.S.
Place R+54.9 · U.S. R+6.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Alf Landon, 1936 · +25.7 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 | 66.7%4,714 | 33.3%2,358 | 7,072 |
Rhode Island House District 68 backed the 2024 Democratic presidential nominee by 16.5 points, reflecting the reliably center-left voting patterns common to densely settled communities in the greater Providence corridor.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 48.4 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 54.9 points in 1896. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 6.7 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 16.5 points.
A population of 13,919, a 91% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $95,195 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 37.
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 68th State House District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/44068/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.