Westerly, RI is a small town with a population of about 22,303 people located in the southeastern part of the state. This area has always had a strong local political presence from its beginnings as an agricultural community in the mid-1800s. In recent years, this presence has only grown stronger and the town has some influential voices in local politics. Currently, Westerly is represented in the Rhode Island House of Representatives by Democrat Brian Patrick Kennedy and Republican Blake Filippi. Both Kennedy and Filippi have played an active role in shaping public policy that affects their constituents on issues such as healthcare, education, taxes, and more. Additionally, both are members of their respective party's leadership team on the House floor. Alongside them is Democrat Steven J. Frias who serves as representative for District 15 which includes portions of Westerly and other nearby towns. These three politicians work together to ensure that their constituents' voices are heard at the state level and help bring important issues to light in order to make Westerly a better place for all its residents.
The political climate in Zip 02891 (Westerly, RI) is somewhat liberal.
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
Zip 02891 (Westerly, RI) is somewhat liberal.
Westerly, Rhode Island is somewhat liberal.
Washington 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.
Westerly, 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 02891 (Westerly)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,279 contributions totaling $132,548 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $58 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 180 contributions totaling $80,429 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $447 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)