Cranston, Rhode Island is located in Providence County and is the third largest city in the state. The city has an active and engaged political scene with a number of community organizations working to improve the lives of its citizens. Although it does not have any elected local officials, Cranston is represented at the state level by Senator Jack Reed and Representatives David Cicilline and Jim Langevin. At the municipal level, Cranston has a City Council made up of nine members who are elected by local voters every two years. Furthermore, the City Manager is appointed by the Council to oversee daily operations. There is also a School Committee responsible for setting policies related to public education that includes seven members who are elected to serve three-year terms. With such active civic involvement, Cranston has become an important part of Rhode Island's political landscape as it continues to strive towards creating a safe and prosperous place for its residents.
The political climate in Zip 02920 (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 02920 (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 02920 (Cranston)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,486 contributions totaling $169,150 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $114 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 370 contributions totaling $348,943 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $943 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)