Providence-New Bedford · the strongest Democratic and Republican presidential performances recorded here, measured three ways.
1892–2024 · 34 presidential cycles
Highest vote share
Largest share of the presidential candidate vote cast here.
Democratic
Lyndon B. Johnson1964
80.2%
462,348 votes · D+60.4
Runner-up · John F. Kennedy, 1960 · 64.7%
Republican
William McKinley1896
71.0%
59,066 votes · R+46.4
Runner-up · Warren G. Harding, 1920 · 67.0%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Lyndon B. Johnson1964
462,348votes
80.2% of the vote · D+60.4
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 459,587 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
348,607votes
44.2% of the vote · D+9.4
Runner-up · Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1956 · 335,361 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
+37.8pts D vs U.S.
Place D+60.4 · U.S. D+22.6
Runner-up · Hubert Humphrey, 1968 · +33.6 pts
Republican
William McKinley1896
+40.3pts R vs U.S.
Place R+46.4 · U.S. R+6.1
Runner-up · William McKinley, 1900 · +20.2 pts
U.S. House elections · 3 House
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U.S. House
On a multi-state Place, each row sums votes cast in the separate U.S. House races held inside the Place that year. It is a geographic vote total, not one contest or a seat tally.
Providence-New Bedford · how this place’s counties split between candidates in each party’s presidential nominating contest, cycle by cycle. A primary is a contest inside one party, so it has no Democratic–Republican margin and is not part of the general-election record above.
Akashic reports votes cast, not delegates awarded. The two can disagree: Clinton led the 2008 national primary popular vote by less than half a point and did not win the nomination.
Primary returns are published at county grain and there is no roll-up above it. Each cell counts how many of this place’s counties a candidate led — a count of records, not a vote total. Who led the place as a whole is not knowable from these returns, because county rows carry a leader and a lead but no per-candidate votes.
Presidential nominating contests in Providence-New Bedford, by party and cycle.
Sanders5Clinton1193,135 votes · 6 of 6 countiesprimary
Biden692,942 votes · 6 of 6 countiesprimary
○no contest record
Republicannot ingested
○no contest record
○no contest record
○no contest record
○no contest record
○no contest record
○no contest record — Akashic holds no result for that party and cycle here. It is not a claim that no contest was held. Telling apart a contest that was cancelled, one that went uncontested, and one simply not yet ingested needs a nominating-contest calendar, which is a separate ingest from results and does not exist yet.
Republican presidential primaries are not yet ingested — the Republican series runs from 1856 and is in scope. The row is kept so its absence is visible: a Democratic-only panel would otherwise read as though no one else held a contest.
Akashic carries 10 states for 2012 and 3 states for 2024. Cycles in which an incumbent president seeks renomination are thin by nature — few states run a contested primary — so a sparse column is politics, not a hole in the record.
County returns carry a leader and a lead over the runner-up, and nothing more. The full candidate field with vote shares is published at state grain — follow a cycle above to the state contest for it.
voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Party registration · 2026D+19.3
vs
Presidential vote · 2024D+9.4
Registration leans Democratic; the presidential vote runs 9.9 points more Republican than the rolls.
689,737 registered voters · 2026 · up from 427,089 in 2025
Democratic33.9%Republican14.6%Unaffiliated51.6%
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
−645 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −42,704 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Providence-New Bedford in Providence-New Bedford: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−7,417
2012
−5,043
2013
−4,813
2014
−2,499
2015
−5,019
2016
−5,311
2017
−2,946
2018
−1,494
2019
−3,185
2021
+3,180
2022
−5,707
2023
−2,075
2024
+270
2025
−645
Spanning two states, this media market pairs Providence's dense urban Democratic base with New Bedford's working-class Portuguese-American communities, producing a mixed electoral landscape that resists clean statewide narratives.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 60.4 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 46.4 points in 1896. Between 2020 and 2024 the market moved 8.1 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 9.4 points.
A population of 1,684,071, a 71% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $87,204 describe the market. The market's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Springfield-Holyoke and Syracuse.
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How did Providence-New Bedford, Rhode Island vote in 2024?
In 2024, Providence-New Bedford, Rhode Island voted Democratic by 9.4 points (D+9.4), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 788,664 votes cast, 422,969 went Democratic and 348,607 went Republican.
When did Providence-New Bedford, Rhode Island last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Providence-New Bedford, Rhode Island voted Republican was 1984.
How many people live in Providence-New Bedford, Rhode Island?
Providence-New Bedford, Rhode Island has a population of 1,684,071 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Providence-New Bedford, Rhode Island?
Median household income in Providence-New Bedford, Rhode Island is $87,204 — above the national median of $80,734. The Rhode Island state median is $87,796.
What is the political history of Providence-New Bedford, Rhode Island?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Providence-New Bedford, Rhode Island from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 22 went Democratic and 12 went Republican.
