Cherry Valley leans Republican by roughly 24 points: about 38% of voters vote Democratic and 62% 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 90% of adults in Cherry Valley typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Cherry Valley, ~34% vote Democratic, ~56% Republican, and ~10% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Cherry Valley compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Cherry Valley leans more Republican than 93 of 94 neighbors.
Cherry Valley runs about 38 points more Republican than Rhode Island as a whole. Rhode Island leans Democratic overall, while Cherry Valley is one of the few Republican-leaning pockets.
Why Cherry Valley 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 Cherry Valley, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with many family households vote Republican. About 85% of households in Cherry Valley are family households, about 19 points above the U.S. average of 67%. Cherry Valley runs against the grain of Rhode Island, a Republican-leaning pocket in a Democratic-leaning state.
Preventive-care access and voter turnout
Places with strong routine preventive-care access tend to turn out at a higher rate; Cherry Valley, RI sits in the top tenth nationally on this measure. Dental visits do not drive turnout; the rate reflects income, insurance, and healthcare access, which line up with who votes.
Why turnout in Cherry Valley looks the way it does
Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Cherry Valley 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 74%, about 14 points above the U.S. average of 60%. Homeowners vote more often than renters, and about 94% of households in Cherry Valley own their home, about 19 points above the U.S. average of 75%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Chepachet, RI R+16
- Pascoag, RI R+16
- West Glocester, RI R+24
- Mapleville, RI R+21
- Burrillville, RI R+21
- Oakland, RI R+23
- Harrisville, RI R+18
- North Scituate, RI R+15
- North Foster, RI R+15
Cities with Similar Populations
- St. Clair, AL R+38
- Richohoc, LA R+19
- Sharon, GA D+6
- Canada, KS R+54
- Franklin, SD R+47
- Free Union, KY R+64
- Capron, OK R+75
- Whitman, NE R+85
- New Boston, PA R+48
- San Jose, NM D+13
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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.