The politics of 02895 Woonsocket, Rhode Island are primarily focused on local issues. The city is governed by a mayor-council system, and the current mayor is Lisa Baldelli-Hunt. Additionally, there are nine council members which represent the various neighborhoods of Woonsocket. These council members work together to address the needs and concerns of Woonsocket citizens by passing legislation related to municipal services, economic development, land use planning, and other matters. Recent activities include the passing of an ordinance to allow for a food truck park in downtown Woonsocket as well as a new rental inspection program to ensure that rental units across the city meet safety standards. Local elections take place every two years when citizens can vote for their preferred mayoral candidate as well as city council representatives for their area of residence.
The political climate in Zip 02895 (Woonsocket, RI) is moderately liberal.
Providence County, RI is moderately liberal. In Providence County, RI 60.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 37.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Providence county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 60.5% to 37.6%.
Providence county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 02895 (Woonsocket, RI) is moderately liberal.
Woonsocket, Rhode Island is moderately liberal.
Providence 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.
Woonsocket, 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 02895 (Woonsocket)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 343 contributions totaling $229,096 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $668 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 483 contributions totaling $41,921 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $87 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)