Manville leans slightly Democratic by roughly 6 points: about 53% of voters vote Democratic and 47% 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 Manville typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Manville, ~38% vote Democratic, ~33% Republican, and ~29% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Manville compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Manville leans more Democratic than 60 of 124 neighbors.
Manville runs about 8 points more Republican than Rhode Island as a whole.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Manville. The east side runs the most Democratic (D+9) and the southwest side runs the most Republican (R+6), a spread of about 15 points.
Why Manville 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 Manville, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with high college attainment vote Democratic. About 34% of adults in Manville hold a bachelor's degree, about 5 points above the U.S. average of 28%. A high never-married share predicts Democratic voting, and about 36% of adults in Manville have never been married, above 90% of cities.
Preventive-care access and voter turnout
Places with strong routine preventive-care access tend to turn out at a higher rate; Manville, 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 Manville looks the way it does
Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Manville 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%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Cumberland Hill, RI Even
- Woonsocket, RI D+12
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- North Smithfield, RI R+3
- Stillwater, RI Even
- Lincoln, RI D+5
- Blackstone, MA R+4
- Smithfield, RI Even
- Valley Falls, RI Even
- Millville, MA R+13
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- Old Monroe, MO R+57
- Myrtle Point, OR R+32
- Tonkawa, OK R+55
- Gasport, NY R+41
- Wabasha, MN R+15
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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.