Pawtucket is a city located in Rhode Island, known for its diverse culture and its rich history. The local politics of the city are grounded in the Democratic Party as it has held a majority in local government since the 1980s. Pawtucket is represented at the county level by a Democratic State Senator and two Democratic State Representatives. At the federal level, Congresswoman Cicilline represents Pawtucket as one of Rhode Island’s two congressional districts. In recent years, Pawtucket has seen an increase in civic engagement with locals becoming increasingly involved in local politics and working to shape their own future. This involvement, combined with well-known political issues like education reform, have pushed Pawtucket’s politicians to collaborate more effectively in order to create better opportunities for all citizens of Rhode Island.
The political climate in Zip 02861 (Pawtucket, RI) is moderately 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 02861 (Pawtucket, RI) is moderately liberal.
Pawtucket, Rhode Island is moderately 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.
Pawtucket, 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 02861 (Pawtucket)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 362 contributions totaling $20,779 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $57 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 49 contributions totaling $3,914 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $80 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)