The politics in 02914 East Providence, RI are largely dominated by the Democratic Party. The current mayor of East Providence is Bob DaSilva, who was elected to office in 2018. He has served on various boards and commissions in Rhode Island over the years and is an advocate for the residents of East Providence. Local political candidates running for office in 02914 East Providence include Sean P. Burke, who is running for City Council President, and Maria Costa, who is running for City Council At-Large. Both candidates have been active in their community and have a platform to improve the quality of life for residents of East Providence. The residents of 02914 will be able to vote for a candidate that best represents their values and interests this November during local elections.
The political climate in Zip 02914 (East 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 02914 (East Providence, RI) is moderately liberal.
East 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.
East 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 02914 (East Providence)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,060 contributions totaling $51,646 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $49 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 116 contributions totaling $20,336 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $175 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)