- Lead
- 1,288
- Total
- 16,507
- vs nation
- D+9.3
Rhode Island 30th State Senate District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 2,186
- Total
- 17,336
- vs nation
- D+8.2
- Lead
- 435
- Total
- 15,446
- vs nation
- D+0.7
- Lead
- 3,184
- Total
- 14,918
- vs nation
- D+17.5
- Lead
- 3,325
- Total
- 15,853
- vs nation
- D+13.7
- Lead
- 2,290
- Total
- 14,716
- vs nation
- D+18.0
- Lead
- 3,881
- Total
- 13,893
- vs nation
- D+27.4
- Lead
- 4,416
- Total
- 13,580
- vs nation
- D+24.0
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+7.8MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 29,8182024 5-year
- Population density
- 2,001 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 14.9 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $91,4972024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 85.9%2024 5-year
- Black
- 1.5%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 4.8%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+59.1 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+59.6 in 1896MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State Senate District 29, RI · twin score 93.2
presidential history
Party record book
Rhode Island 30th 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
79.5%
8,652 votes · D+59.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Hubert Humphrey, 1968 · 61.2%
Republican
William McKinley1896
77.2%
504 votes · R+59.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Warren G. Harding, 1920 · 68.7%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
9,578votes
55.2% of the vote · D+12.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2008 · 9,437 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
7,426votes
45.0% of the vote · D+7.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 7,392 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
+36.5pts D vs U.S.
Place D+59.1 · U.S. D+22.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Al Gore, 2000 · +27.4 pts
Republican
William McKinley1896
+53.5pts R vs U.S.
Place R+59.6 · U.S. R+6.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · William McKinley, 1900 · +27.4 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 | 56.6%8,787 | 43.4%6,728 | 15,515 |
Rhode Island 30th State Senate District sits in New England. In 2024 it voted Democratic.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 59.1 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 59.6 points in 1896. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 4.8 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 7.8 points.
A population of 29,818, a 86% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $91,497 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State Senate District 29 and State Senate District 19.
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 30th State Senate District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-upper/44030/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.