Bristol County, Rhode Island is a county located in the state of Rhode Island. It is the home of many different political ideologies and candidates. In Bristol County, politics are often focused on topics such as education, economic development, public safety, health care access, infrastructure maintenance and environmental protection. Each election cycle brings with it new opportunities for Bristol County residents to make their voices heard through local elections. The county's representatives in both the Rhode Island House of Representatives and Senate have been working hard to ensure that all residents have a say in how their community is shaped and managed. Local races often focus on local issues that directly affect constituents such as school funding levels or access to healthcare services. Residents in Bristol County also have the opportunity to vote for candidates running for office at the regional, state or national level depending on the type of election being held. Regardless of who or what they choose to support during an election cycle, Bristol County residents can be sure that their voices are being heard and their interests taken into consideration when it comes time to casting ballots.
The political climate in Bristol County, RI is strongly liberal.
In Bristol County, RI 63.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 34.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Bristol county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 63.5% to 34.3%.
Bristol county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Bristol County, RI is strongly 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.
Bristol, 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 Bristol County, RI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 9,651 contributions totaling $1,917,964 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $199 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 447 contributions totaling $1,500,983 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $3,358 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)