The politics in Newport, RI (02841) are largely influenced by the Democratic Party. The current mayor of Newport is Jamie Bova, who was elected to her first term in 2018 and is running for re-election this year. Before Bova, Harry Winthrop served as mayor from 2012-2018. The city council consists of five members, all of whom were elected in 2016 and are up for reelection this year as well. These members include: David Hanos Jr., Jenny Cruz, Lynn Underwood Ceglie, Marco Camacho, and Justin McLaughlin. All five of these individuals identify as Democrats. In addition, Rhode Island's Governor is Democrat Gina Raimondo and its two US Senators are Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse—both Democrats as well.
The political climate in Zip 02841 (Newport, RI) is strongly liberal.
Newport County, RI is strongly liberal. In Newport County, RI 63.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 34.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Newport county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 63.9% to 34.1%.
Newport county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 02841 (Newport, RI) is strongly liberal.
Newport, Rhode Island is strongly liberal.
Newport County, Rhode Island is strongly 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.
Newport, 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 02841 (Newport)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2 contributions totaling $1,127 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $564 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)