The small town of Warwick, RI (02886) is an area with a large population and diverse background. It is the second-largest city in Rhode Island, located just south of Providence along the western shore of Narragansett Bay. The community of Warwick is politically divided into seven distinct wards and has a vibrant local politics scene. The mayor and city council are responsible for managing the many issues facing the city, including infrastructure, public safety, economic development, education, and social services. Local candidates vying for elected office typically come from all walks of life and represent a variety of political ideologies. In addition to regular municipal elections, Warwick also holds nonpartisan primaries every two years to select candidates for the general election. In recent years, voter turnout in Warwick has been increasing due to an engaged citizenry that takes politics seriously.
The political climate in Zip 02886 (Warwick, RI) is leaning liberal.
Kent County, RI is leaning liberal. In Kent County, RI 52.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 45.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Kent county flipped moderately Democratic, 52.8% to 45.1%.
Kent county flipped back to Democratic in the most recent Presidential election, after voting Republican in 2016.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 02886 (Warwick, RI) is leaning liberal.
Warwick, Rhode Island is leaning liberal.
Kent County, Rhode Island is leaning 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.
Warwick, Rhode Island: D D D D r 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 02886 (Warwick)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,451 contributions totaling $259,024 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $179 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 311 contributions totaling $177,529 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $571 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)