Washington RI County is a small county located in the state of Rhode Island. The county is made up of 16 towns, each with its own unique political system and government structure. Local elections are held every two years and each town has its own mayor, council members, and other local officials who are elected by the residents of that town. The county has several state representatives and senators who represent the interests of the county in the Rhode Island legislature. Residents of Washington RI County also have a say in national politics because it is part of the US state of Rhode Island. The county is represented in Congress by one representative and two senators who work to ensure its residents' interests are heard at both local and national levels.
The political climate in 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
Washington County, RI 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.
Washington, 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 Washington County, RI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 14,551 contributions totaling $1,256,103 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $86 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,165 contributions totaling $421,611 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $362 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)