Six Corners leans Democratic by roughly 20 points: about 60% of voters vote Democratic and 40% 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 55% of adults in Six Corners typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Six Corners, ~33% vote Democratic, ~22% Republican, and ~45% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Six Corners compares
Among neighborhoods within 5 miles, Six Corners leans more Democratic than 6 of 35 neighbors.
Six Corners runs about 6 points more Democratic than Rhode Island as a whole.
Politics vary noticeably by block within Six Corners. The southwest side is the most Democratic-leaning (D+24) and the northeast side is the least Democratic-leaning (D+4), a spread of about 20 points.
Why Six Corners 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 Six Corners, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with many never-married adults vote Democratic. About 49% of adults in Six Corners have never been married, about 20 points above the U.S. average of 29%.
Walkability and Democratic lean
Places with a highly walkable street grid tend to lean Democratic; Six Corners, East Providence, RI sits in the top tenth nationally on this measure. A walkable street grid does not change how people vote; it mostly reflects how urban a place is.
Why turnout in Six Corners looks the way it does
Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Six Corners 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 66%, about 6 points above the U.S. average of 60%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Neighborhoods
- Ingrams Corner, East Providence, RI D+13
- Fox Point, Providence, RI D+75
- Kent Heights, East Providence, RI D+7
- Blackstone, Providence, RI D+74
- College Hill, Providence, RI D+78
- Mount Hope, Providence, RI D+74
- Downtown, Providence, RI D+64
- Upper South Providence, Providence, RI D+46
- Hope, Providence, RI D+78
- Lower South Providence, Providence, RI D+39
Neighborhoods with Similar Populations
- Eight Mile Wyoming, Detroit, MI D+88
- Weatherby, Detroit, MI D+86
- North End, Wilkes-Barre, PA D+16
- Jefferson Park, Denver, CO D+57
- Pepperidge, Augusta, GA D+84
- Darnestown, Gaithersburg, MD D+25
- Owings Mills New Town, Owings Mills, MD D+70
- University Commons, San Marcos, CA D+10
- Downtown Fort Lauderdale, Fort Lauderdale, FL D+5
- Wildwood, Charlotte, NC D+51
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.