- Lead
- 4,655
- Total
- 14,424
- vs nation
- D+33.7
Rhode Island 37th State Senate District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 5,221
- Total
- 13,670
- vs nation
- D+33.7
- Lead
- 3,454
- Total
- 12,009
- vs nation
- D+26.7
- Lead
- 4,183
- Total
- 11,442
- vs nation
- D+32.7
- Lead
- 4,806
- Total
- 12,145
- vs nation
- D+32.3
- Lead
- 3,773
- Total
- 11,350
- vs nation
- D+35.7
- Lead
- 3,359
- Total
- 10,330
- vs nation
- D+32.0
- Lead
- 3,290
- Total
- 9,264
- vs nation
- D+27.0
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+32.3MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 27,6342024 5-year
- Population density
- 564 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 49 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $106,5962024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 84.3%2024 5-year
- Black
- 2.1%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 4.8%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+57.2 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+35.6 in 1924MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Chittenden North Senatorial District, VT · twin score 88.8
presidential history
Party record book
Rhode Island 37th 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
78.6%
3,687 votes · D+57.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2008 · 68.5%
Republican
Calvin Coolidge1924
66.1%
1,083 votes · R+35.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Warren G. Harding, 1920 · 64.0%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Kamala Harris2024
9,310votes
64.5% of the vote · D+32.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 9,271 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
4,655votes
32.3% of the vote · D+32.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 4,050 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
John Kerry2004
+35.7pts D vs U.S.
Place D+33.2 · U.S. R+2.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Lyndon B. Johnson, 1964 · +34.6 pts
Republican
Alf Landon1936
+29.7pts R vs U.S.
Place R+5.4 · U.S. D+24.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · William McKinley, 1896 · +29.1 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 | 60.1%9,243 | 39.9%6,134 | 15,377 |
Rhode Island 37th State Senate District sits in New England. In 2024 it voted Democratic.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 57.2 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 35.6 points in 1924. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 5.9 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 32.3 points.
A population of 27,634, a 84% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $106,596 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Chittenden North Senatorial District 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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