The town of Wakefield, RI 02879 is located in the southwestern part of the state and is a part of Washington County. The town is home to about 4,500 people and is a small rural community with a strong sense of community. The town has an elected Town Council that meets on the third Tuesday of each month to address local issues, concerns, and to make decisions for the betterment of the Town. Elections are held every two years for three council members who serve four-year terms. In addition, Wakefield citizens are represented by State Representatives in the Rhode Island General Assembly as well as a U.S. Representative in Congress. All federal, state, and local elections offer residents an opportunity to have their voices heard by choosing people who share their values and beliefs on how best to manage our government at all levels.
The political climate in Zip 02879 (Wakefield, RI) is somewhat 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 02879 (Wakefield, RI) is somewhat liberal.
Wakefield, Rhode Island is somewhat 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.
Wakefield, 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 02879 (Wakefield)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,868 contributions totaling $265,647 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $93 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 261 contributions totaling $79,545 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $305 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)