Pascoag leans Republican by roughly 16 points: about 42% of voters vote Democratic and 58% 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 72% of adults in Pascoag typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Pascoag, ~30% vote Democratic, ~42% Republican, and ~28% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Pascoag compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Pascoag leans more Republican than 89 of 104 neighbors.
Pascoag runs about 30 points more Republican than Rhode Island as a whole. Rhode Island leans Democratic overall, while Pascoag is one of the few Republican-leaning pockets.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Pascoag. The west side is the most Republican-leaning (R+29) and the east side is the least Republican-leaning (R+6), a spread of about 23 points.
Why Pascoag 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 Pascoag, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Pascoag votes against the grain of Rhode Island. Rhode Island leans Democratic overall, while Pascoag runs about 30 points more Republican. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 77% of households in Pascoag are family households, above 83% of cities.
Preventive-care access and voter turnout
Places with strong routine preventive-care access tend to turn out at a higher rate; Pascoag, 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 Pascoag looks the way it does
Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Pascoag 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 71%, about 11 points above the U.S. average of 60%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
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- Burrillville, RI R+21
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- Oakland, RI R+23
- Mapleville, RI R+21
- Chepachet, RI R+16
- West Glocester, RI R+24
- Slatersville, RI R+22
- Douglas, MA R+9
Cities with Similar Populations
- South Berwick, ME Even
- Jefferson Manor, VA D+50
- Pratt, KS R+50
- Fort Knox, KY R+13
- Orange City, IA R+41
- Almont, MI R+39
- Lula, GA R+73
- Belle Fourche, SD R+56
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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.