West Warwick, RI is a small city located in Kent County with approximately 29,000 residents. It is a suburban community that serves as an important part of the greater Providence metropolitan area. The city is governed by a mayor-council form of government and relies on its elected officials to make policy decisions for its citizens. The current mayor of West Warwick is Joseph Solomon, who was re-elected in 2018. The city council consists of nine members who are all elected at-large and serve staggered four-year terms. West Warwick residents also have the opportunity to become actively involved in their local politics by participating in open forums and attending town hall meetings to share their opinions and voice their concerns regarding issues affecting the community. Additionally, local civic organizations provide activities and events throughout the year to help keep citizens informed about political issues impacting their lives.
The political climate in West Warwick, RI is leaning liberal.
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
West Warwick, RI is leaning liberal.
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.
West Warwick, 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 West Warwick, RI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 608 contributions totaling $31,929 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $53 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 77 contributions totaling $10,610 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $138 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)