- Lead
- 5,600
- Total
- 16,239
- vs nation
- D+36.0
Rhode Island 32nd State Senate District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 6,469
- Total
- 17,983
- vs nation
- D+31.5
- Lead
- 4,239
- Total
- 16,222
- vs nation
- D+24.0
- Lead
- 4,784
- Total
- 15,649
- vs nation
- D+26.7
- Lead
- 5,427
- Total
- 16,491
- vs nation
- D+25.6
- Lead
- 3,895
- Total
- 15,532
- vs nation
- D+27.5
- Lead
- 4,313
- Total
- 14,686
- vs nation
- D+28.8
- Lead
- 4,413
- Total
- 13,827
- vs nation
- D+23.4
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+34.5MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 28,4072024 5-year
- Population density
- 1,959 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 14.5 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $129,8052024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 87.2%2024 5-year
- Black
- 1.0%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 3.4%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+59.4 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+40.3 in 1896MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State Senate District 35, RI · twin score 89.9
presidential history
Party record book
Rhode Island 32nd 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
79.7%
10,465 votes · D+59.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 66.9%
Republican
William McKinley1896
66.6%
1,006 votes · R+40.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · James A. Garfield, 1880 · 64.6%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
12,034votes
66.9% of the vote · D+36.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2008 · 10,807 votes
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
7,357votes
51.2% of the vote · R+2.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Ronald Reagan, 1984 · 6,997 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
+36.8pts D vs U.S.
Place D+59.4 · U.S. D+22.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · +36.0 pts
Republican
William McKinley1896
+34.2pts R vs U.S.
Place R+40.3 · U.S. R+6.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · William H. Taft, 1912 · +17.0 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 | 66.0%8,936 | 34.0%4,594 | 13,530 |
Rhode Island 32nd State Senate District sits in New England. In 2024 it voted Democratic.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 59.4 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 40.3 points in 1896. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 1.5 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 34.5 points.
A population of 28,407, a 87% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $129,805 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State Senate District 35 and Grand Isle Senatorial District.
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 32nd State Senate District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-upper/44032/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.