North Smithfield, Rhode Island is a small town located in the northwestern part of the state. Its politics are shaped by its tight-knit community of citizens who take an active role in local decision-making. The town has a Town Council made up of five members who all represent different parts of North Smithfield and serve as the legislative body. The Town Council meets regularly to discuss issues and make decisions that affect the whole community. Local elections occur every year and residents can vote for their representatives on the council. North Smithfield also has a mayor who is elected every two years and acts as an executive leader for the town. Together, these officials take part in debates and discussions about important local matters such as taxes, infrastructure projects, and community initiatives.
The political climate in North Smithfield, RI is leaning 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
North Smithfield, RI is leaning 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.
North Smithfield, 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 North Smithfield, RI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 392 contributions totaling $50,462 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $129 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 36 contributions totaling $3,999 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $111 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)