- Lead
- 1,708
- Total
- 8,776
- vs nation
- D+20.9
Rhode Island 71st State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 1,992
- Total
- 8,701
- vs nation
- D+18.4
- Lead
- 883
- Total
- 7,617
- vs nation
- D+9.5
- Lead
- 948
- Total
- 7,274
- vs nation
- D+9.2
- Lead
- 1,189
- Total
- 7,753
- vs nation
- D+8.1
- Lead
- 590
- Total
- 7,495
- vs nation
- D+10.3
- Lead
- 709
- Total
- 7,023
- vs nation
- D+9.6
- Lead
- 929
- Total
- 6,536
- vs nation
- D+5.7
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+19.5MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 14,0252024 5-year
- Population density
- 407 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 34.5 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $113,4032024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 90.9%2024 5-year
- Black
- 1.0%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 2.9%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+40.5 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+63.8 in 1920MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 74, RI · twin score 97.2
presidential history
Party record book
Rhode Island 71st 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
70.3%
3,404 votes · D+40.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 60.2%
Republican
Warren G. Harding1920
79.4%
1,902 votes · R+63.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · William McKinley, 1896 · 73.9%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
5,241votes
60.2% of the vote · D+22.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 5,093 votes
Republican
Ronald Reagan1984
3,978votes
61.3% of the vote · R+23.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Richard Nixon, 1972 · 3,858 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
Kamala Harris2024
+20.9pts D vs U.S.
Place D+19.5 · U.S. R+1.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · +18.4 pts
Republican
William McKinley1896
+47.4pts R vs U.S.
Place R+53.5 · U.S. R+6.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Warren G. Harding, 1920 · +37.6 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%4,332 | 34.8%2,308 | 6,640 |
Rhode Island House District 71 anchors a densely populated urban corridor that has delivered consistent double-digit Democratic margins in recent cycles, reflecting the heavily renter and working-class composition typical of inner-Providence neighborhoods.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 40.5 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 63.8 points in 1920. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 3.4 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 19.5 points.
A population of 14,025, a 91% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $113,403 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 74 and State House District 72.
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 71st State House District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/44071/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.