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

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

Riverside leans slightly Democratic by roughly 8 points: about 54% of voters vote Democratic and 46% 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 67% of adults in Riverside typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Riverside, ~36% vote Democratic, ~31% Republican, and ~33% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Riverside compares

Among cities within 25 miles, Riverside leans more Democratic than 85 of 124 neighbors.

Riverside runs about 6 points more Republican than Rhode Island as a whole.

Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Riverside. The southwest side runs the most Democratic (D+18) and the southeast side runs the most Republican (R+3), a spread of about 21 points.

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

Areas with high college attainment vote Democratic. About 32% of adults in Riverside hold a bachelor's degree, above 77% of cities. A high never-married share predicts Democratic voting, and about 33% of adults in Riverside have never been married, 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; Riverside, 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 Riverside looks the way it does

Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Riverside 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 72%, about 12 points above the U.S. average of 60%. 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.