Washington County, Rhode Island
Precinct data
Results by precinct
9 precincts · 76,036 votes
Precinct boundaries and identifiers are cycle-specific. This table does not join rows across years without a validated crosswalk.
| Precinct -009-North Kingstown009-North Kingstown | 10,168 | 6,672 | 551 | 17,391 | 58.5% | 38.4% | D+20.1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Precinct -009-South Kingstown009-South Kingstown | 10,721 | 5,370 | 559 | 16,650 | 64.4% | 32.3% | D+32.1 |
| Precinct -009-Westerly009-Westerly | 6,657 | 5,663 | 306 | 12,626 | 52.7% | 44.9% | D+7.9 |
| Precinct -009-Narragansett009-Narragansett | 5,031 | 3,797 | 226 | 9,054 | 55.6% | 41.9% | D+13.6 |
| Precinct -009-Charlestown009-Charlestown | 2,875 | 2,356 | 136 | 5,367 | 53.6% | 43.9% | D+9.7 |
| Precinct -009-Hopkinton009-Hopkinton | 2,268 | 2,616 | 119 | 5,003 | 45.3% | 52.3% | R+7.0 |
| Precinct -009-Richmond009-Richmond | 2,336 | 2,499 | 144 | 4,979 | 46.9% | 50.2% | R+3.3 |
| Precinct -009-Exeter009-Exeter | 1,869 | 2,095 | 129 | 4,093 | 45.7% | 51.2% | R+5.5 |
| Precinct -009-New Shoreham009-New Shoreham | 664 | 179 | 30 | 873 | 76.1% | 20.5% | D+55.6 |
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1892 | −16.5% |
| 1896 | −56.6% |
| 1900 | −40.0% |
| 1904 | −44.1% |
| 1908 | −38.5% |
| 1912 | −9.2% |
| 1916 | −11.9% |
| 1920 | −51.4% |
| 1924 | −53.1% |
| 1928 | −37.9% |
| 1932 | −18.1% |
| 1936 | −18.7% |
| 1940 | −21.2% |
| 1944 | −12.4% |
| 1948 | −12.6% |
| 1952 | −22.6% |
| 1956 | −31.4% |
| 1960 | −4.4% |
| 1964 | +40.7% |
| 1968 | +8.2% |
| 1972 | −17.1% |
| 1976 | +0.3% |
| 1980 | −1.2% |
| 1984 | −15.5% |
| 1988 | +3.5% |
| 1992 | +12.8% |
| 1996 | +19.4% |
| 2000 | +14.8% |
| 2004 | +13.0% |
| 2008 | +20.3% |
| 2012 | +16.7% |
| 2016 | +9.8% |
| 2020 | +19.4% |
| 2024 | +15.0% |
U.S. Senate
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Registration leans Democratic; the presidential vote runs 3.7 points more Republican.
94,355 registered voters · 2026
Who moves in and out
Net migration over time, and who arrivals are — where they came from and what those places vote
+190 net domestic migration · 2025
Net +1,560 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Arrivals reported $107,721 in average income, against $119,215 for residents who stayed — 10% lower. (IRS SOI, 2022–23)
The places arrivals came from lean D+13.5 on average — 1.5 points more Republican-leaning than Washington County, RI itself (D+15.0).
Where arrivals came from lean of each source
- Providence County, RI597D+14.4
- Kent County, RI512D+1.9
- Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT264D+10.7
- Capitol Planning Region, CT101D+20.1
- Middlesex County, MA72D+39.2
- Bristol County, MA65D+1.3
Where departures went households, 2022–23
- Kent County, RI557
- Providence County, RI524
- Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT367
- Suffolk County, MA117
- Middlesex County, MA62
- Norfolk County, MA57
Migration is one input to a place’s political change, not its cause — a shift can also come from residents changing their minds, generational turnover, or turnout. These figures describe the places people moved between; they do not measure how any mover voted.
| Year | Net domestic migration |
|---|---|
| 2011 | −595 |
| 2012 | −268 |
| 2013 | +259 |
| 2014 | +39 |
| 2015 | +145 |
| 2016 | +97 |
| 2017 | +422 |
| 2018 | +60 |
| 2019 | −208 |
| 2021 | +1,553 |
| 2022 | −168 |
| 2023 | −84 |
| 2024 | +118 |
| 2025 | +190 |
Washington County covers Rhode Island's southern coastline, where a mix of beach tourism, agriculture, and university influence around South Kingstown produces Democratic margins that have held steady across recent cycles despite the county's largely rural character.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 40.7 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 56.6 points in 1896. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved 4.4 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 15.0 points.
A population of 130,344, a 89% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $106,638 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Bristol County and Newport County.
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Washington County, Rhode Island. Akashic. https://akashic.app/county/44009/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.