Exeter, Rhode Island is a small town located in Washington County known for its close-knit community and rural charm. Its population of just over 5,000 people makes it an intimate and tight-knit community. Politically speaking, there are several different elected offices that exist within the town. Currently, the Town Council President is Matthew Lopes and the Council Vice President is Paul Trottier. The other members of the Town Council are Margaret Taylor, Michael Tondreau, Robert Mackenzie Jr., and Roberta White. The Town Manager is Russell Dean. Exeter’s political climate is dominated by issues such as development, zoning and taxes. The Town Council works to ensure that all local residents have their voices heard when it comes to matters related to these topics and more. By staying informed on local political candidates and issues within the town, citizens of Exeter can better work towards improving their communities.
The political climate in Zip 02822 (Exeter, RI) is leaning liberal.
Washington County, RI is moderately liberal. In Washington County, RI 58.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 39.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Washington county remained very strongly Democratic, 58.6% to 39.2%.
Washington county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 02822 (Exeter, RI) is leaning liberal.
Exeter, Rhode Island is leaning liberal.
Washington 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.
Exeter, 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 02822 (Exeter)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 72 contributions totaling $18,575 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $258 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 20 contributions totaling $21,224 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,061 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)