Greenwood, Warwick, RI Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Greenwood

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

Greenwood 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 71% of adults in Greenwood typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Greenwood, ~35% vote Democratic, ~36% Republican, and ~29% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Greenwood compares

Among neighborhoods within 5 miles, Greenwood sits roughly in the middle of the political spectrum, with 9 neighbors leaning further in the place's direction and 0 leaning the other way.

Greenwood runs about 16 points more Republican than Rhode Island as a whole. Rhode Island leans Democratic overall, while Greenwood sits closer to the political middle.

Politics vary noticeably by block within Greenwood. The northwest side runs the most Democratic (D+5) and the northeast side runs the most Republican (R+6), a spread of about 11 points.

Why Greenwood leans the way it does

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

Areas with a high white share and below-average college attainment vote Republican. In Greenwood, about 76% of residents are non-Hispanic white, above 77% of neighborhoods; about 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, about 13 points below the Rhode Island average of 39%. Greenwood runs against the grain of Rhode Island, a split-leaning pocket in a Democratic-leaning state.

Park access and Republican lean

Places with low park coverage tend to lean Republican; Greenwood, Warwick, 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 Greenwood looks the way it does

Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Greenwood 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 70%, about 10 points above the U.S. average of 60%. 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.