The 02816 Coventry, RI area has a vibrant political scene that often provides intense debate around important local issues. In the recent election cycle, voters turned out to cast their ballots for a variety of state and federal candidates in the RI-2 Congressional District, as well as a range of local races. The most hotly contested race was for Rhode Island State Senate District 37; this race pitted incumbent Republican Senator Frank Lombardi against Democratic challenger Joshua Giraldo. With many passionate opinions on both sides, it was no surprise that the race ended up being decided by only 1% of the vote total. No matter which candidate you supported, the result is clear: The people of 02816 Coventry are invested in their politics and take their civic duties seriously!
The political climate in Zip 02816 (Coventry, 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
Zip 02816 (Coventry, RI) is leaning liberal.
Coventry, Rhode Island 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.
Coventry, 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 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 zip 02816 (Coventry)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 832 contributions totaling $74,302 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $89 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 116 contributions totaling $13,026 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $112 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)