- Lead
- 813
- Total
- 13,787
- vs nation
- D+7.4
Rhode Island 26th State Senate District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 141
- Total
- 14,063
- vs nation
- R+5.5
- Lead
- 756
- Total
- 12,567
- vs nation
- R+8.1
- Lead
- 926
- Total
- 11,641
- vs nation
- D+4.1
- Lead
- 934
- Total
- 12,261
- vs nation
- D+0.3
- Lead
- 89
- Total
- 11,459
- vs nation
- D+1.7
- Lead
- 1,292
- Total
- 10,506
- vs nation
- D+11.8
- Lead
- 1,795
- Total
- 9,850
- vs nation
- D+9.7
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+5.9MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 28,2052024 5-year
- Population density
- 1,699 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 16.6 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $87,9942024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 65.6%2024 5-year
- Black
- 3.8%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 20.6%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+48.0 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+61.4 in 1896MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State Senate District 27, RI · twin score 73.5
presidential history
Party record book
Rhode Island 26th 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
74.0%
8,577 votes · D+48.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Hubert Humphrey, 1968 · 55.1%
Republican
William McKinley1896
80.1%
1,866 votes · R+61.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · James A. Garfield, 1880 · 77.0%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Lyndon B. Johnson1964
8,577votes
74.0% of the vote · D+48.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · John F. Kennedy, 1960 · 7,399 votes
Republican
Dwight D. Eisenhower1956
10,758votes
69.3% of the vote · R+38.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1952 · 10,204 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
+25.4pts D vs U.S.
Place D+48.0 · U.S. D+22.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Hubert Humphrey, 1968 · +15.0 pts
Republican
William McKinley1896
+55.3pts R vs U.S.
Place R+61.4 · U.S. R+6.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · William McKinley, 1900 · +39.4 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 | 63.1%6,536 | 36.9%3,814 | 10,350 |
Rhode Island Senate District 26 stands out as one of the few districts in the state where the 2024 presidential vote tilted Republican by 4.5 points, reflecting a suburban or coastal constituency that diverges sharply from statewide patterns.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 48.0 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 61.4 points in 1896. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 6.9 points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was 5.9 points.
A population of 28,205, a 66% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $87,994 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State Senate District 27 and State Senate District 7.
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 26th State Senate District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-upper/44026/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.