The Providence-Warwick, RI Metro Area is a vibrant and diverse region that is home to many different political ideologies. The area is served by representatives in both the Rhode Island General Assembly and the United States Congress. In addition to state and federal representation, the area also has its own local government comprised of multiple municipalities, each with their own mayor and city council. Local elections are held every two years to determine who will serve at each level of government. At the state level, people from Providence-Warwick typically vote for candidates from either major political party, as well as independent candidates and those affiliated with smaller third parties. As far as national politics are concerned, the metro area generally votes Democratic but there is enough diversity among voters that it can be considered a swing district in some elections. People from Providence-Warwick take pride in their community’s political involvement and actively participate in elections to ensure that their voices are heard.
The political climate in Providence-Warwick Metro Area is moderately liberal.
In Providence-Warwick Metro Area 57.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 40.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the Providence-Warwick metro area remained very strongly Democratic, 57.9% to 40.1%.
The Providence-Warwick metro area voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Providence-Warwick Metro Area is moderately liberal.
Rhode Island is moderately liberal.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index is based on recent voting in national elections, federal campaign contributions by local residents, and consumer personality profiles.
VoteWord™
Displaying 20 years of Presidential voting, visualized in one word.
Providence-Warwick, Rhode Island: D D D D D D
How It Works:
Here at BestPlaces, we were looking at the voting patterns since the 2000 election and realized that we could express the results of each election as one letter. R if the Republican Party candidate won, D for the Democrat and I for the Independent. The six elections (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) would be expressed as six-letter word (R R D R R).
Then we went a little further and added the dimension of magnitude. If the difference of victory was greater than 10 percent, the letter is upper case, and lower case if the difference was less than 10 percent. This allows us to see interesting voting patterns at just a glance.
Here's the VoteWord for Iowa d r d d r. In the last six elections the state has been closely contested, voting narrowly for the Republican Party candidate in 2016 and 2020 after voting for the Democratic Party in 2008 and 2012. Virginia (r r d d d D) has voted for the Democratic Party in the last four elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Providence-Warwick Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 95,709 contributions totaling $14,420,665 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $151 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 9,915 contributions totaling $5,530,092 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $558 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)