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1876–2024
Congressional District 2·Rhode Island

Rhode Island 2nd Congressional District has voted Democratic in ten straight presidential cycles.

1876 — 2024·38 elections
RI
Latest
D+11
in 2024
Archetype
Democratic loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
735,907
2024 ACS

Rhode Island 2nd Congressional District, Rhode Island: Democratic loyalist district. In 2024, voted D+11%. Democratic peak: D+62 in 1964.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin
D+11MIT Election Lab
Political archetype
Democratic loyalistAkashic typology
Population
735,9072024 5-year
Median household income
$87,3452024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic)
70.9%2024 5-year
Black
5.4%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino
17.4%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin
D+62 in 1964MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin
R+42 in 1896MIT Election Lab
2024 results by constituent county
3 counties · 3 D · 0 R
R+60
D+60
One cell per constituent county. Ordered by 2024 D-vs-R margin (bluest first). Hover for county-level numbers.
38 presidential elections
Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
D
+10.9%
186,844149,185345,241
D
+18.0%
201,404138,778347,187
D
+12.9%
164,833124,906310,660
D
+26.5%
185,608106,416298,367
D
+27.0%
196,988112,127314,739
D
+19.9%
172,061113,993291,692
D
+29.1%
165,84886,620272,235
D
+33.2%
155,03568,876259,860
D
+17.9%
140,79486,859300,850
D
+11.8%
149,183117,502267,795
R
−3.8%
130,180140,548271,589
D
+10.5%
130,577101,720273,713
D
+10.6%
148,383119,877269,350
R
−6.4%
127,021144,316271,844
D
+31.9%
159,96780,046250,860
D
+62.1%
205,20747,997253,204
D
+26.4%
165,65696,430262,087
R
−17.2%
103,315146,287249,602
R
−2.8%
129,170136,591265,937
D
+15.8%
120,11987,110209,284
D
+16.5%
110,07178,873189,228
D
+12.8%
115,16488,947204,320
D
+12.5%
104,87180,094198,526
D
+11.4%
92,84873,509169,147
R
−0.6%
74,41675,357150,228
R
−23.3%
48,49679,511133,029
R
−29.9%
35,34966,840105,423
R
−5.0%
25,30228,03454,964
D
+3.4%
18,82117,15948,457
R
−27.1%
15,30527,57845,217
R
−25.3%
15,17325,95142,562
R
−25.3%
12,02620,83134,819
R
−42.4%
8,90223,38434,186
R
−5.4%
14,85516,63432,780
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Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
Irish
16.2%
Italian
15.6%
English
11.2%
French
7.7%
German
4.9%
American
3.7%
Polish
3.2%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 40.7 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
0.7%
85+
1.4%
2.3%
75–84
3.2%
5.1%
65–74
5.8%
6.8%
55–64
7.2%
5.9%
45–54
6.1%
6.4%
35–44
6.3%
7.1%
25–34
6.8%
5.0%
18–24
5.1%
7.2%
5–17
6.8%
2.5%
<5
2.4%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Median household income
2024 inflation-adjusted dollars
$87,345
Congressional District 2 ranks near the middle of US counties.
Congressional District 2$87,345
Rhode Island$87,796
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
11.1%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 1812.8%
Working age (18–64)10.4%
Seniors (65+)13.2%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
77.5%
speak English only
Spanish13.3%
Other Indo-European5.9%
Asian & Pacific Islander2.3%
Other languages1.0%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Catholic & Orthodox
39.4%
Other Christian
4.1%
Mainline Protestant
2.2%
Non-Christian
1.3%
Baptist
1.3%
Pentecostal & Holiness
0.8%
Methodist
0.6%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 50.4% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Rhode Island 2nd Congressional District sits in New England. Its political identity has been Democratic for as long as anyone now living can remember. 1 consecutive presidential elections in modern records have gone for the Democratic candidate, often by margins that would be considered landslide territory anywhere else.

The Democratic margin in Rhode Island 2nd Congressional District reached its widest at sixty-two points in 1964. The margin in 2024 was eleven points — still decisive.

Its loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $87,345, a 71% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 735,907 together describe a district whose political habits are deeply settled.

Cite this page
All citations released under CC BY 4.0. Attribution: Akashic Intelligence.
Congressional District 2, Rhode Island — The Long Memory. Akashic Intelligence — The Long Memory. https://tiers.akashic.app/cd/4402/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.
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Frequently asked questions

How did Congressional District 2, Rhode Island vote in 2024?
In 2024, Congressional District 2, Rhode Island voted Democratic by 10.9 points (D+11), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 345,241 votes cast, 186,844 went Democratic and 149,185 went Republican.
What is Congressional District 2, Rhode Island's political archetype?
Akashic classifies Congressional District 2, Rhode Island as a "Democratic loyalist" district based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the district has voted Democratic 21 times, Republican 13 times, and other 0 times.
When did Congressional District 2, Rhode Island last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Congressional District 2, Rhode Island voted Republican was 1984.
How many people live in Congressional District 2, Rhode Island?
Congressional District 2, Rhode Island has a population of 735,907 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Congressional District 2, Rhode Island?
Median household income in Congressional District 2, Rhode Island is $87,345 — above the national median of $80,734. The Rhode Island state median is $87,796.
What is the political history of Congressional District 2, Rhode Island?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Congressional District 2, Rhode Island from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 21 went Democratic and 13 went Republican. The district's archetype — "Democratic loyalist" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.