East Providence, RI is a city of approximately 47,000 people located in the state of Rhode Island. As the fifth-largest city in the state, East Providence has an active local politics scene with many candidates vying for various offices. In recent years, elections have been very competitive with candidates from both major parties frequently running for office. At the local level, there are many committees and councils that serve to help improve city life such as the Planning Board and Board of Assessment Review. Each election cycle brings new ideas and perspectives to the table that can potentially shape the future of East Providence for generations to come.
The political climate in East Providence, RI is somewhat liberal.
Providence County, RI is moderately liberal. In Providence County, RI 60.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 37.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Providence county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 60.5% to 37.6%.
Providence county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
East Providence, RI is somewhat liberal.
Providence 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.
East Providence, 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 East Providence, RI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,791 contributions totaling $1,282,023 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $338 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 416 contributions totaling $1,065,629 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $2,562 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)