- Lead
- 2,577
- Total
- 8,027
- vs nation
- D+33.6
Rhode Island 74th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 2,627
- Total
- 7,734
- vs nation
- D+29.5
- Lead
- 1,544
- Total
- 6,728
- vs nation
- D+20.9
- Lead
- 1,629
- Total
- 6,451
- vs nation
- D+21.4
- Lead
- 1,911
- Total
- 6,882
- vs nation
- D+20.5
- Lead
- 1,337
- Total
- 6,612
- vs nation
- D+22.7
- Lead
- 1,315
- Total
- 6,219
- vs nation
- D+20.6
- Lead
- 1,446
- Total
- 5,743
- vs nation
- D+16.7
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+32.1MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 14,2792024 5-year
- Population density
- 985 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 14.5 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $106,7602024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 79.4%2024 5-year
- Black
- 4.0%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 7.2%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+50.9 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+55.9 in 1920MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 71, RI · twin score 97.2
presidential history
Party record book
Rhode Island 74th 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
75.5%
3,361 votes · D+50.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 65.8%
Republican
Warren G. Harding1920
75.7%
1,433 votes · R+55.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · William McKinley, 1896 · 70.4%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Kamala Harris2024
5,195votes
64.7% of the vote · D+32.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 5,092 votes
Republican
Ronald Reagan1984
3,051votes
55.2% of the vote · R+10.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Richard Nixon, 1972 · 2,977 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
+33.6pts D vs U.S.
Place D+32.1 · U.S. R+1.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · +29.5 pts
Republican
William McKinley1896
+40.6pts R vs U.S.
Place R+46.7 · U.S. R+6.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Warren G. Harding, 1920 · +29.8 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%4,411 | 34.8%2,350 | 6,761 |
With a 2024 presidential margin of D+32.2, this Providence-area district ranks among the state's most one-sided, reflecting a dense, urban electorate that has delivered lopsided results across successive election cycles.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 50.9 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 55.9 points in 1920. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 1.9 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 32.1 points.
A population of 14,279, a 79% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $106,760 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 75.
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 74th State House District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/44074/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.