Charlestown, RI Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Charlestown

By the BestNeighborhood data science team. Last updated May 2026.

Charlestown is a true toss-up. About 49% of voters here vote Democratic and 51% Republican. These figures are model estimates: Rhode Island did not have precinct-level voting records available for training, so the numbers above come from demographic and health features rather than local ground truth.

 

About 83% of adults in Charlestown typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Charlestown, ~41% vote Democratic, ~42% Republican, and ~17% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Charlestown compares

Among cities within 25 miles, Charlestown sits roughly in the middle of the political spectrum, with 23 neighbors leaning further in the place's direction and 18 leaning the other way.

Charlestown runs about 17 points more Republican than Rhode Island as a whole. Rhode Island leans Democratic overall, while Charlestown sits closer to the political middle.

Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Charlestown. The south side runs the most Democratic (D+9) and the north side runs the most Republican (R+10), a spread of about 19 points.

Why Charlestown leans the way it does

This analysis examined 14,881 data points per city to find what predicts political lean and turnout. The items below are a few correlations that stood out for Charlestown, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.

Charlestown votes against the grain of Rhode Island. Rhode Island leans Democratic overall, while Charlestown runs about 17 points more Republican.

Cancer-screening access and voter turnout

Places with high colon-cancer-screening access tend to turn out at a higher rate; Charlestown, RI sits in the top tenth nationally on this measure. Cancer screening does not drive turnout; it reflects income, insurance, and healthcare access.

Why turnout in Charlestown looks the way it does

Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Charlestown is in the top quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. The dental-visit rate here is about 76%, about 16 points above the U.S. average of 60%. Homeowners vote more often than renters, and about 92% of households in Charlestown own their home, about 17 points above the U.S. average of 75%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.

Sources and methodology

Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from Rhode Island Board of Elections, distributed by the Voting and Election Science Team. Demographic inputs come from the U.S. Census Bureau (ACS 5-year estimates and the 2020 Decennial Census). Health and environmental inputs come from the CDC (PLACES and the Environmental Justice Index). Land cover comes from the USGS and EPA. Election-day and lead-up weather come from PRISM 4km daily grids and the NOAA Global Historical Climatology Network. Mail-voting and election-administration patterns come from the MIT Election Lab's Survey of the Performance of American Elections. Block-group crime detail comes from CrimeGrade. Internet data and modeling support provided by ISPreports.org.

Modeling and analysis by the BestNeighborhood data science team. RI did not have precinct-level voting records available for training, so the figures here come from extrapolation across demographic, health, and land-use features rather than local ground truth. Full methodology and findings: political spectrum map.

Methodology reviewed by the BestNeighborhood data team. Last updated May 2026.