The small town of Little Compton, Rhode Island has a population of around 3,500 people. Despite its small size, the town has a vibrant political scene. Locally elected officials make decisions that affect the day to day lives of Little Compton’s citizens. The most powerful office is that of Town Council President, who is elected by the voters of the town every four years. Along with the Town Council, election season brings out candidates for Town Clerk and Tax Assessor/Collector as well. During elections, locals can be seen actively campaigning and debating various political issues on the streets. It is clear that politics in Little Compton are important to its citizens and serve as a major part of everyday life in this small New England town.
The political climate in Little Compton, RI is somewhat liberal.
Newport County, RI is strongly liberal. In Newport County, RI 63.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 34.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Newport county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 63.9% to 34.1%.
Newport county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Little Compton, RI is somewhat liberal.
Newport County, Rhode Island is strongly 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.
Little Compton, 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 Little Compton, RI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,027 contributions totaling $224,344 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $218 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 132 contributions totaling $62,503 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $474 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)