- Lead
- 448
- Total
- 8,166
- vs nation
- D+7.0
Rhode Island 70th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 966
- Total
- 8,158
- vs nation
- D+7.4
- Lead
- 216
- Total
- 7,408
- vs nation
- D+0.8
- Lead
- 264
- Total
- 7,140
- vs nation
- R+0.2
- Lead
- 464
- Total
- 7,580
- vs nation
- R+1.2
- Lead
- 123
- Total
- 7,395
- vs nation
- D+0.8
- Lead
- 91
- Total
- 6,805
- vs nation
- D+0.8
- Lead
- 392
- Total
- 6,153
- vs nation
- R+2.1
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+5.5MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 14,5132024 5-year
- Population density
- 688 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 21.1 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $104,4762024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 91.2%2024 5-year
- Black
- 1.0%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 2.6%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+32.9 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+70.3 in 1920MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 71, RI · twin score 91.1
presidential history
Party record book
Rhode Island 70th 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
66.5%
3,068 votes · D+32.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 55.2%
Republican
Warren G. Harding1920
83.9%
2,061 votes · R+70.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · William McKinley, 1896 · 80.4%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
4,502votes
55.2% of the vote · D+11.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 4,210 votes
Republican
Ronald Reagan1984
4,328votes
65.8% of the vote · R+31.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Richard Nixon, 1972 · 4,216 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
+10.3pts D vs U.S.
Place D+32.9 · U.S. D+22.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · +7.4 pts
Republican
William McKinley1896
+57.6pts R vs U.S.
Place R+63.7 · U.S. R+6.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Warren G. Harding, 1920 · +44.1 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 | 65.2%4,483 | 34.8%2,389 | 6,872 |
Rhode Island 70th State House District sits in New England. In 2024 it voted Democratic.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 32.9 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 70.3 points in 1920. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 6.4 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 5.5 points.
A population of 14,513, a 91% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $104,476 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 71 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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