- Lead
- 5,383
- Total
- 13,065
- vs nation
- D+42.7
Rhode Island 13th State Senate District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 6,125
- Total
- 13,430
- vs nation
- D+41.2
- Lead
- 4,158
- Total
- 11,990
- vs nation
- D+32.6
- Lead
- 4,341
- Total
- 11,524
- vs nation
- D+33.8
- Lead
- 4,949
- Total
- 12,283
- vs nation
- D+33.0
- Lead
- 3,907
- Total
- 11,675
- vs nation
- D+35.9
- Lead
- 3,632
- Total
- 11,082
- vs nation
- D+32.3
- Lead
- 3,704
- Total
- 10,212
- vs nation
- D+27.8
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+41.2MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 28,2842024 5-year
- Population density
- 1,694 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 16.7 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $90,6572024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 77.1%2024 5-year
- Black
- 4.6%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 10.1%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+60.1 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+45.9 in 1920MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State Senate District 11, RI · twin score 93.2
presidential history
Party record book
Rhode Island 13th 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
80.1%
6,605 votes · D+60.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 72.0%
Republican
Warren G. Harding1920
70.7%
2,123 votes · R+45.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · William McKinley, 1896 · 65.3%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
9,664votes
72.0% of the vote · D+45.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 9,071 votes
Republican
Ronald Reagan1984
4,501votes
48.1% of the vote · D+3.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Richard Nixon, 1972 · 4,449 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
+42.7pts D vs U.S.
Place D+41.2 · U.S. R+1.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · +41.2 pts
Republican
William McKinley1896
+29.9pts R vs U.S.
Place R+36.0 · U.S. R+6.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Warren G. Harding, 1920 · +19.7 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%8,737 | 34.8%4,655 | 13,392 |
Rhode Island 13th State Senate District sits in New England. In 2024 it voted Democratic.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 60.1 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 45.9 points in 1920. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 4.4 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 41.2 points.
A population of 28,284, a 77% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $90,657 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State Senate District 11 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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