Pawtucket, Rhode Island is a lively and vibrant city that is home to a diverse population. Politics in Pawtucket are quite complex and the local government works hard to ensure the needs of its citizens are addressed. The Mayor of Pawtucket is Donald R. Grebien, who was re-elected for his fifth term in 2018. He is supported by a City Council consisting of nine members that are elected every two years. Recently, the City Council passed an ordinance to improve public transit services and fund more police officers in order to address public safety concerns throughout the city. There are many initiatives at work in Pawtucket such as increasing affordable housing, revitalizing neighborhoods, investing in public infrastructure projects, and supporting small businesses. It's clear that there is a lot of work being done within the political landscape of Pawtucket and it will be interesting to see how these initiatives develop over time.
The political climate in Pawtucket, RI is moderately 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
Pawtucket, RI is moderately 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.
Pawtucket, 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 Pawtucket, RI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,807 contributions totaling $129,961 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $72 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 98 contributions totaling $8,250 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $84 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)