Valley Falls is a true toss-up. About 49% of voters here vote Democratic and 51% 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 69% of adults in Valley Falls typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Valley Falls, ~34% vote Democratic, ~35% Republican, and ~31% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Valley Falls compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Valley Falls sits roughly in the middle of the political spectrum, with 77 neighbors leaning further in the place's direction and 52 leaning the other way.
Valley Falls runs about 15 points more Republican than Rhode Island as a whole. Rhode Island leans Democratic overall, while Valley Falls sits closer to the political middle.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Valley Falls. The southwest side runs the most Democratic (D+6) and the northwest side runs the most Republican (R+7), a spread of about 13 points.
Why Valley Falls 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 Valley Falls, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Valley Falls votes against the grain of Rhode Island. Rhode Island leans Democratic overall, while Valley Falls runs about 15 points more Republican.
Cancer-screening access and voter turnout
Places with high colon-cancer-screening access tend to turn out at a higher rate; Valley Falls, RI sits in the top tenth nationally on this measure. Cancer screening does not drive turnout; it reflects income, insurance, and healthcare access.
Why turnout in Valley Falls looks the way it does
Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Valley Falls 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 67%, about 7 points above the U.S. average of 60%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Central Falls, RI D+23
- Lincoln, RI D+5
- Pawtucket, RI D+26
- Cumberland, RI D+7
- Attleboro, MA D+7
- North Attleboro, MA D+8
- Cumberland Hill, RI Even
- Manville, RI D+6
- Attleboro Falls, MA D+10
- Rumford, RI D+16
Cities with Similar Populations
- Freeland, MI R+29
- Pepperell, MA D+2
- Wrentham, MA D+9
- Forest City, FL R+11
- Quarryville, PA R+52
- Spencer, IA R+27
- Commerce, CA D+33
- Maysville, KY R+35
- Adairsville, GA R+60
- Rochelle, IL R+18
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.