Foster leans slightly Republican by roughly 14 points: about 43% of voters vote Democratic and 57% 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 Foster typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Foster, ~36% vote Democratic, ~47% Republican, and ~17% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Foster compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Foster leans more Republican than 62 of 82 neighbors.
Foster runs about 29 points more Republican than Rhode Island as a whole. Rhode Island leans Democratic overall, while Foster is one of the few Republican-leaning pockets.
Why Foster 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 Foster, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with many family households vote Republican. About 80% of households in Foster are family households, about 13 points above the U.S. average of 67%. Foster runs against the grain of Rhode Island, a Republican-leaning pocket in a Democratic-leaning state.
Park access and Republican lean
Places with low park coverage tend to lean Republican; Foster, RI sits in the bottom quarter nationally on this measure. Park access does not change how people vote; it tends to track denser, higher-income areas.
Why turnout in Foster looks the way it does
Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Foster 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 93% of households in Foster own their home, about 18 points above the U.S. average of 75%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Clayville, RI R+18
- Vaughn Hollow, RI R+15
- North Foster, RI R+15
- Greene, RI R+20
- Saundersville, RI R+19
- North Scituate, RI R+15
- Harris, RI R+16
- Hope, RI R+14
- West Glocester, RI R+24
- Chepachet, RI R+16
Cities with Similar Populations
- Crooksville, OH R+54
- Dryden, MI R+43
- Ashford, AL R+65
- Decherd, TN R+58
- Bucksport, ME R+17
- Clifton Springs, NY R+14
- Montebello, NY R+13
- Oak Hill, OH R+63
- New Hampton, IA R+35
- Newport, VT R+5
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.