South Kingstown, Rhode Island is a coastal town located near Narragansett Bay. It is home to over 28,000 people who are heavily involved in local politics. The town has a long tradition of citizen involvement in decision-making and civic life. As a result, there are many political candidates in South Kingstown running for various offices at the local, state and federal levels. These candidates come from different political backgrounds and perspectives and offer voters unique views on many important issues facing the community. Many of these candidates also have extensive experience with city government and understand how to effectively serve the citizens of South Kingstown. Residents of the area can get involved by attending candidate forums or attending meetings with representatives from their parties to understand where they stand on key issues. Ultimately, this level of involvement helps to ensure that all voices are heard in the democratic process and that South Kingstown continues to be a strong community for years to come.
The political climate in South Kingstown, RI is somewhat 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
South Kingstown, RI is somewhat 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.
South Kingstown, 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 South Kingstown, RI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 14,398 contributions totaling $1,153,718 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $80 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,014 contributions totaling $296,601 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $293 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)