The city of Cranston, RI (02910) is home to a diverse population and vibrant political landscape. Despite its small size, the city plays an important role in state politics. In 2020, Cranston hosted several primary elections including both local and statewide races. Local candidates included current Mayor Kenneth Hopkins and Councilman Stephen Archambault who ran for election for Senate District 27. Both candidates have long histories of working on behalf of their constituents in the city. The results of the election saw Mayor Hopkins win re-election and Archambault earn a seat in the state senate. This result shows that Cranston is committed to electing local politicians who understand the needs of its citizens and can represent them effectively on a higher level.
The political climate in Zip 02910 (Cranston, 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 02910 (Cranston, RI) is moderately liberal.
Cranston, 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.
Cranston, 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 02910 (Cranston)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,177 contributions totaling $97,644 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $83 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 93 contributions totaling $25,071 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $270 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)