- Lead
- 3,176
- Total
- 16,186
- vs nation
- D+21.1
Rhode Island 11th State Senate District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 3,767
- Total
- 15,162
- vs nation
- D+20.4
- Lead
- 1,907
- Total
- 13,563
- vs nation
- D+12.0
- Lead
- 2,029
- Total
- 13,055
- vs nation
- D+11.7
- Lead
- 2,459
- Total
- 13,838
- vs nation
- D+10.5
- Lead
- 1,359
- Total
- 13,312
- vs nation
- D+12.7
- Lead
- 1,588
- Total
- 12,464
- vs nation
- D+12.2
- Lead
- 1,927
- Total
- 11,748
- vs nation
- D+7.9
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+19.6MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 28,2722024 5-year
- Population density
- 1,071 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 26.4 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $103,7192024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 87.5%2024 5-year
- Black
- 2.0%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 4.3%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+43.7 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+57.4 in 1920MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State Senate District 12, RI · twin score 98.2
presidential history
Party record book
Rhode Island 11th 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
71.9%
6,478 votes · D+43.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 61.1%
Republican
Warren G. Harding1920
75.9%
3,016 votes · R+57.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · William McKinley, 1896 · 71.6%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Kamala Harris2024
9,391votes
58.0% of the vote · D+19.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 9,268 votes
Republican
Ronald Reagan1984
6,881votes
59.7% of the vote · R+20.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Richard Nixon, 1972 · 6,784 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
+21.1pts D vs U.S.
Place D+43.7 · U.S. D+22.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · +21.1 pts
Republican
William McKinley1896
+44.4pts R vs U.S.
Place R+50.5 · U.S. R+6.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Warren G. Harding, 1920 · +31.2 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 | 65.8%9,043 | 34.2%4,703 | 13,746 |
Rhode Island 11th State Senate District sits in New England. In 2024 it voted Democratic.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 43.7 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 57.4 points in 1920. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 5.2 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 19.6 points.
A population of 28,272, a 88% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $103,719 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State Senate District 12 and State Senate District 13.
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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