- Lead
- 850
- Total
- 15,152
- vs nation
- D+7.1
Rhode Island 27th State Senate District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 1,360
- Total
- 16,340
- vs nation
- D+3.9
- Lead
- 4
- Total
- 14,712
- vs nation
- R+2.1
- Lead
- 1,970
- Total
- 13,748
- vs nation
- D+10.5
- Lead
- 2,053
- Total
- 14,501
- vs nation
- D+6.9
- Lead
- 809
- Total
- 13,398
- vs nation
- D+8.5
- Lead
- 2,299
- Total
- 12,499
- vs nation
- D+17.9
- Lead
- 2,820
- Total
- 11,865
- vs nation
- D+15.2
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+5.6MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 31,1902024 5-year
- Population density
- 4,104 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 7.6 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $94,7012024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 73.8%2024 5-year
- Black
- 4.2%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 11.9%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+52.9 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+57.0 in 1896MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State Senate District 19, RI · twin score 95.4
presidential history
Party record book
Rhode Island 27th 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
76.4%
10,505 votes · D+52.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Hubert Humphrey, 1968 · 57.7%
Republican
William McKinley1896
77.7%
1,964 votes · R+57.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · James A. Garfield, 1880 · 73.6%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Lyndon B. Johnson1964
10,505votes
76.4% of the vote · D+52.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · John F. Kennedy, 1960 · 8,975 votes
Republican
Dwight D. Eisenhower1956
11,411votes
66.5% of the vote · R+33.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1952 · 10,815 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
+30.3pts D vs U.S.
Place D+52.9 · U.S. D+22.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Hubert Humphrey, 1968 · +20.8 pts
Republican
William McKinley1896
+50.9pts R vs U.S.
Place R+57.0 · U.S. R+6.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · William H. Taft, 1908 · +33.3 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 | 62.6%7,342 | 37.4%4,381 | 11,723 |
Rhode Island 27th State Senate District sits in New England. In 2024 it voted Democratic.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 52.9 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 57.0 points in 1896. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 2.7 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 5.6 points.
A population of 31,190, a 74% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $94,701 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State Senate District 19 and State Senate District 20.
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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