Johnston, Rhode Island is a small town located in Providence County. It is home to around 28,500 people and has an engaged political atmosphere. Johnston prides itself on its diversity of thought and opinion when it comes to local politics. The town has one mayor and a nine-member Town Council who work together to ensure the needs of their citizens are met. The Town Council holds regular meetings that are open to the public and encourages citizen participation throughout the decision-making process. Additionally, Johnston residents have the opportunity to vote for local candidates at a variety of different levels of government, from state representatives to congressional members. Overall, Johnston takes pride in its adherence to democratic principles as well as its diverse political landscape.
The political climate in Zip 02919 (Johnston, RI) is somewhat 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
Zip 02919 (Johnston, RI) is somewhat liberal.
Johnston, Rhode Island is somewhat 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.
Johnston, 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 zip 02919 (Johnston)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 267 contributions totaling $65,088 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $244 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 80 contributions totaling $18,959 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $237 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)