- Lead
- 272
- Total
- 13,568
- vs nation
- R+0.5
Rhode Island 9th State Senate District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 695
- Total
- 13,152
- vs nation
- D+0.8
- Lead
- 146
- Total
- 11,277
- vs nation
- R+3.4
- Lead
- 1,838
- Total
- 11,047
- vs nation
- D+12.8
- Lead
- 1,960
- Total
- 11,813
- vs nation
- D+9.3
- Lead
- 1,198
- Total
- 10,794
- vs nation
- D+13.6
- Lead
- 2,430
- Total
- 10,168
- vs nation
- D+23.4
- Lead
- 2,849
- Total
- 9,846
- vs nation
- D+20.4
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+2.0MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 29,2052024 5-year
- Population density
- 3,947 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 7.4 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $76,4712024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 80.2%2024 5-year
- Black
- 2.5%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 8.6%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+56.1 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+61.2 in 1896MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State Senate District 31, RI · twin score 96.8
presidential history
Party record book
Rhode Island 9th State Senate 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
78.1%
6,138 votes · D+56.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Al Gore, 2000 · 58.7%
Republican
William McKinley1896
78.0%
422 votes · R+61.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Warren G. Harding, 1920 · 70.3%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
6,788votes
51.6% of the vote · D+5.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2008 · 6,673 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
6,674votes
49.2% of the vote · R+2.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 6,093 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
+33.6pts D vs U.S.
Place D+56.1 · U.S. D+22.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Al Gore, 2000 · +23.4 pts
Republican
William McKinley1896
+55.1pts R vs U.S.
Place R+61.2 · U.S. R+6.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · William McKinley, 1900 · +32.1 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 | 56.6%8,606 | 43.4%6,590 | 15,196 |
Rhode Island 9th State Senate District sits in New England. In 2024 it voted Republican.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 56.1 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 61.2 points in 1896. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 7.3 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 2.0 points.
A population of 29,205, a 80% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $76,471 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State Senate District 31 and State Senate District 33.
The state-senate 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 9th State Senate District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-upper/44009/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.