- Lead
- 1,927
- Total
- 15,414
- vs nation
- D+14.0
Rhode Island 10th State Senate District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 2,301
- Total
- 15,678
- vs nation
- D+10.2
- Lead
- 1,163
- Total
- 13,842
- vs nation
- D+6.3
- Lead
- 1,181
- Total
- 13,361
- vs nation
- D+5.0
- Lead
- 1,685
- Total
- 14,057
- vs nation
- D+4.7
- Lead
- 536
- Total
- 13,621
- vs nation
- D+6.4
- Lead
- 953
- Total
- 12,664
- vs nation
- D+7.0
- Lead
- 1,308
- Total
- 11,629
- vs nation
- D+2.7
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+12.5MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 28,3322024 5-year
- Population density
- 1,638 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 17.3 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $98,9122024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 90.5%2024 5-year
- Black
- 1.2%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 3.1%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+40.0 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+63.7 in 1896MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State Senate District 38, RI · twin score 93.5
presidential history
Party record book
Rhode Island 10th 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
70.0%
6,583 votes · D+40.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 56.4%
Republican
William McKinley1896
80.3%
1,038 votes · R+63.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Warren G. Harding, 1920 · 78.5%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
8,847votes
56.4% of the vote · D+14.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 8,484 votes
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
7,651votes
63.1% of the vote · R+26.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Ronald Reagan, 1984 · 7,562 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
+17.4pts D vs U.S.
Place D+40.0 · U.S. D+22.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · +14.0 pts
Republican
William McKinley1896
+57.6pts R vs U.S.
Place R+63.7 · U.S. R+6.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Alf Landon, 1936 · +34.9 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 | 66.2%9,298 | 33.8%4,751 | 14,049 |
Rhode Island 10th State Senate District sits in New England. In 2024 it voted Democratic.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 40.0 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 63.7 points in 1896. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 2.2 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 12.5 points.
A population of 28,332, a 91% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $98,912 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State Senate District 38 and State Senate District 12.
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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