North Providence, Rhode Island is a small city with a population of over 32,000 residents. The town has been governed by Mayor Charles A. Lombardi since 2000 and the North Providence Town Council since 2008. The Town Council consists of seven members, elected from seven wards on staggered terms for overlapping four-year terms. Additionally, there are several community organizations in North Providence that promote civic engagement and encourage residents to become more involved in local politics. Residents of North Providence have the opportunity to voice their opinions on important issues by attending public meetings or through various forms of civic action such as voting and participating in campaigns.
The political climate in Zip 02911 (North Providence, 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 02911 (North Providence, RI) is moderately liberal.
North Providence, 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.
North Providence, 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 02911 (North Providence)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 256 contributions totaling $33,104 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $129 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 42 contributions totaling $7,230 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $172 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)