- Lead
- 2,311
- Total
- 6,026
- vs nation
- D+39.8
Rhode Island 73rd State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 2,757
- Total
- 5,915
- vs nation
- D+42.2
- Lead
- 2,069
- Total
- 5,303
- vs nation
- D+36.9
- Lead
- 2,176
- Total
- 5,136
- vs nation
- D+38.5
- Lead
- 2,424
- Total
- 5,467
- vs nation
- D+37.1
- Lead
- 1,952
- Total
- 5,188
- vs nation
- D+40.1
- Lead
- 1,812
- Total
- 4,889
- vs nation
- D+36.5
- Lead
- 1,799
- Total
- 4,636
- vs nation
- D+30.3
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+38.4MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 14,3952024 5-year
- Population density
- 4,798 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 3 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $83,9412024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 65.0%2024 5-year
- Black
- 7.4%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 15.4%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+63.7 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+38.9 in 1920MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- 6th Middlesex District, MA · twin score 90.7
presidential history
Party record book
Rhode Island 73rd 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
81.8%
3,033 votes · D+63.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 72.3%
Republican
Warren G. Harding1920
65.8%
877 votes · R+38.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · William McKinley, 1896 · 59.1%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
4,279votes
72.3% of the vote · D+46.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 4,090 votes
Republican
Ronald Reagan1984
1,856votes
45.5% of the vote · D+8.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Richard Nixon, 1972 · 1,822 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
Hubert Humphrey1968
+42.5pts D vs U.S.
Place D+41.8 · U.S. R+0.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · +42.2 pts
Republican
William McKinley1896
+18.6pts R vs U.S.
Place R+24.7 · U.S. R+6.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Warren G. Harding, 1920 · +12.7 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 | 65.2%4,447 | 34.8%2,369 | 6,816 |
With a 2024 presidential margin of D+38.4, this Providence-area district ranks among the most reliably Democratic constituencies in the state, leaving general-election outcomes rarely in doubt.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 63.7 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 38.9 points in 1920. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 8.3 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 38.4 points.
A population of 14,395, a 65% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $83,941 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of 6th Middlesex District and 4th Middlesex District.
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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