- Lead
- 3,992
- Total
- 18,376
- vs nation
- D+23.2
Rhode Island 35th State Senate District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 4,191
- Total
- 18,761
- vs nation
- D+17.9
- Lead
- 1,710
- Total
- 16,347
- vs nation
- D+8.4
- Lead
- 3,653
- Total
- 15,811
- vs nation
- D+19.2
- Lead
- 4,142
- Total
- 16,706
- vs nation
- D+17.5
- Lead
- 2,858
- Total
- 15,628
- vs nation
- D+20.7
- Lead
- 3,609
- Total
- 14,470
- vs nation
- D+24.4
- Lead
- 3,961
- Total
- 13,524
- vs nation
- D+20.8
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+21.7MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 30,3002024 5-year
- Population density
- 752 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 40.3 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $147,6852024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 86.6%2024 5-year
- Black
- 1.1%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 3.9%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+56.3 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+45.3 in 1896MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State Senate District 32, RI · twin score 89.9
presidential history
Party record book
Rhode Island 35th 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
78.1%
7,014 votes · D+56.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2008 · 61.3%
Republican
Warren G. Harding1920
67.9%
1,530 votes · R+38.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · William McKinley, 1896 · 66.5%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
11,244votes
59.9% of the vote · D+22.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 10,874 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2020
7,053votes
37.6% of the vote · D+22.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2024 · 6,882 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
+33.7pts D vs U.S.
Place D+56.3 · U.S. D+22.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Al Gore, 2000 · +24.4 pts
Republican
William McKinley1896
+39.2pts R vs U.S.
Place R+45.3 · U.S. R+6.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Alf Landon, 1936 · +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 | 58.5%9,565 | 41.5%6,778 | 16,343 |
Rhode Island 35th State Senate District sits in New England. In 2024 it voted Democratic.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 56.3 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 45.3 points in 1896. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 0.6 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 21.7 points.
A population of 30,300, a 87% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $147,685 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State Senate District 32 and First Essex and Middlesex 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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