Cranston, Rhode Island is the second largest city in the state and is located in Providence County. It has a diverse population of over 81,000 residents and is known for its strong sense of community spirit. Politically, Cranston is a heavily Democratic-leaning city with the majority of voters supporting Democratic candidates. In local elections, Cranston residents tend to favor more moderate candidates from both parties and are focused on improving local services like public schools and infrastructure. The city has had a long history of electing Democrats to represent them in Congress and in state offices. In 2020, Democrat Frank Lombardi was elected Mayor of Cranston after a successful campaign centered around community engagement. Across the board, Cranston’s politics are focused on bringing people together and improving quality of life for every resident
The political climate in Zip 02921 (Cranston, RI) is somewhat 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 02921 (Cranston, RI) is somewhat liberal.
Cranston, Rhode Island is somewhat 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 02921 (Cranston)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 409 contributions totaling $94,018 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $230 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 56 contributions totaling $18,546 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $331 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)