New Shoreham, Rhode Island is a small town with a population of about 1,400 residents. Politically it is represented by many local candidates in both the state legislature and local government. In the state legislature, the town is represented by Senator James Sheehan and Representative Blake Filippi. At the local level, there are seven elected Town Council Members who work to make decisions for the best interests of the community. The Town Council meetings are open to the public and provide an opportunity for citizens to express their opinions on various issues. Additionally, there is an advisory board of unpaid volunteers that work together to assess projects proposed by the Town Council before final approval. This allows for more public input before any changes are made permanently in New Shoreham. It is clear that politics in this small town remain very localized and driven by citizen participation.
The political climate in New Shoreham, RI is somewhat liberal.
Washington County, RI is moderately liberal. In Washington County, RI 58.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 39.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Washington county remained very strongly Democratic, 58.6% to 39.2%.
Washington county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
New Shoreham, RI is somewhat liberal.
Washington County, Rhode Island is moderately liberal.
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.
New Shoreham, 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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in New Shoreham, RI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 788 contributions totaling $47,406 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $60 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 9 contributions totaling $900 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $100 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)