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

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

Mapleville leans Republican by roughly 20 points: about 40% of voters vote Democratic and 60% 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 Mapleville typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Mapleville, ~33% vote Democratic, ~50% Republican, and ~17% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Mapleville compares

Among cities within 25 miles, Mapleville leans more Republican than 99 of 106 neighbors.

Mapleville runs about 35 points more Republican than Rhode Island as a whole. Rhode Island leans Democratic overall, while Mapleville is one of the few Republican-leaning pockets.

Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Mapleville. The northeast side is the most Republican-leaning (R+24) and the southeast side is the least Republican-leaning (R+11), a spread of about 13 points.

Why Mapleville 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 Mapleville, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.

Mapleville votes against the grain of Rhode Island. Rhode Island leans Democratic overall, while Mapleville runs about 35 points more Republican. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 79% of households in Mapleville are family households, above 87% of cities.

Preventive-care access and voter turnout

Places with strong routine preventive-care access tend to turn out at a higher rate; Mapleville, 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 Mapleville looks the way it does

Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Mapleville 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 75%, about 15 points above the U.S. average of 60%. Homeowners vote more often than renters, and about 96% of households in Mapleville own their home, about 21 points above the U.S. average of 75%. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and about 99% of adults in Mapleville have completed high school, above 97% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.

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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.