The small town of Coventry, Rhode Island, is governed by a five-member Town Council. The Council is composed of two elected representatives from each of the two wards in Coventry and the mayor, who is elected at large. Local politics are centered around issues such as public safety and infrastructure maintenance. Recently, the Town Council has been focused on the development of a citywide park system and improving pedestrian access across town. As Coventry continues to grow and expand, local elections will remain important for residents who want to be involved in deciding how their town is run.
The political climate in Coventry, RI is leaning conservative.
Kent County, RI is leaning liberal. In Kent County, RI 52.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 45.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Kent county flipped moderately Democratic, 52.8% to 45.1%.
Kent county flipped back to Democratic in the most recent Presidential election, after voting Republican in 2016.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Coventry, RI is leaning conservative.
Kent County, Rhode Island is leaning 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.
Coventry, Rhode Island: D D D D r 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 Coventry, RI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,722 contributions totaling $129,191 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $75 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 246 contributions totaling $33,245 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $135 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)