The politics in Providence, RI (02908) is heavily influenced by the Democratic Party. In 2019, Mayor Jorge O. Elorza was re-elected to a second term as mayor of Providence, having received 67% of the votes cast. He was elected on a platform of progressive change and has been successful at passing several important reforms in his first term. The City Council of Providence is also largely dominated by Democrats, with 11 out of 15 members having been elected from the Democratic Party. There are many local political organizations and initiatives that are active in the city such as The Providence Education Association, Rhode Island Progressive Democrats and The Working Families Party which all support progressive causes and advancing social justice issues. At the state level, Rhode Island's state legislature is currently led by a Democratic majority and Governor Gina Raimondo has held office since 2015.
The political climate in Zip 02908 (Providence, 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 02908 (Providence, RI) is moderately liberal.
Providence, 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.
Providence, 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 02908 (Providence)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,021 contributions totaling $110,973 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $109 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 47 contributions totaling $4,797 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $102 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)