Hope Valley, RI, a small town nestled in South County is known for its quaint atmosphere and close-knit community. Politically, the town is run by a Town Council made up of five members who are elected to three-year terms. The current council president is Mary Smith and the Vice President is John Roberts. The Town Council is responsible for making decisions that affect the local population and they focus on creating an environment of progress and opportunity. They strive to improve the quality of life for all citizens while maintaining balanced budgets and promoting economic growth. The Council works closely with state representatives and other local government entities to ensure that Hope Valley’s needs are met both now and in the future.
The political climate in Zip 02832 (Hope Valley, 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 02832 (Hope Valley, RI) is leaning liberal.
Hope Valley, 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.
Hope Valley, 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 02832 (Hope Valley)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 159 contributions totaling $12,733 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $80 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 29 contributions totaling $8,019 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $277 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)