Kingston, Rhode Island is a small rural town located in the southern part of the state. It is an unincorporated village and has a strong sense of community. Kingston is a great place to live and work. The town has many local businesses, parks, and historical sites for visitors to explore. While it has no population census data available, it provides a great quality of life for its residents.
The politics in Kingston are strongly rooted in the local community and its values. Local leaders are actively involved in town activities and decisions that affect the people living there. Residents have an opportunity to get involved in their local government by attending meetings or voting on issues that concern them. The primary political party affiliations are Democratic, Republican, and Independent; however, there are other parties represented as well. There are no current local political candidates running for office at this time; however, citizens can become active members of their party committees or attend political events with elected officials to show their support for their chosen candidate or cause.
The political climate in Kingston, RI is moderately 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
Kingston, RI is moderately 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.
Kingston, 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 Kingston, RI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,103 contributions totaling $341,057 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $83 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 274 contributions totaling $82,420 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $301 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)