Washington County, Rhode Island, elections, 2022
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Washington County, Rhode Island, is holding elections for local offices in 2022. Click the links below to learn more:
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City and township elections and candidates[edit]
September 13, 2022 (Primary)[edit]
Voting information[edit]
- See also: Voting in Rhode Island
Demographics[edit]
| Demographic Data for Washington County, Rhode Island (2019) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Washington County | Rhode Island | |
| Population | 126,060 | 1,057,231 |
| Land area (sq mi) | 329 | 1,033 |
| Race and ethnicity** | ||
| White | 92.9% | 80.5% |
| Black/African American | 1.4% | 6.8% |
| Asian | 1.9% | 3.4% |
| Native American | 0.7% | 0.5% |
| Pacific Islander | 0.1% | 0.1% |
| Two or more | 2% | 3.3% |
| Hispanic/Latino | 3.2% | 15.4% |
| Education | ||
| High school graduation rate | 94.9% | 88.8% |
| College graduation rate | 46.1% | 34.2% |
| Income | ||
| Median household income | $85,531 | $67,167 |
| Persons below poverty level | 8.6% | 12.4% |
| Source: U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2014-2019) | ||
| **Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here. | ||
Presidential election results by county, 2012-2020[edit]
How a state's counties vote in a presidential election and the size of those counties can provide additional insights into election outcomes at other levels of government including statewide and congressional races. Below, four categories are used to describe each county's voting pattern over the 2012, 2016, and 2020 presidential elections: Solid, Trending, Battleground, and New. Click [show] on the table below for examples:
| County-level voting pattern categories | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | |||||||
| Status | 2012 | 2016 | 2020 | ||||
| Solid Democratic | D | D | D | ||||
| Trending Democratic | R | D | D | ||||
| Battleground Democratic | D | R | D | ||||
| New Democratic | R | R | D | ||||
| Republican | |||||||
| Status | 2012 | 2016 | 2020 | ||||
| Solid Republican | R | R | R | ||||
| Trending Republican | D | R | R | ||||
| Battleground Republican | R | D | R | ||||
| New Republican | D | D | R | ||||
Following the 2020 presidential election, 84.5% of Rhode Islanders lived in one of the state's four Solid Democratic counties, which voted for the Democratic presidential candidate in every election from 2012 to 2020, and 15.5% lived in Kent County, the state's one Battleground Democratic county. Overall, Rhode Island was Solid Democratic, having voted for Barack Obama (D) in 2012, Hillary Clinton (D) in 2016, and Joe Biden (D) in 2020. Use the table below to view the total number of each type of county in Rhode Island following the 2020 election as well as the overall percentage of the state population located in each county type.
| Rhode Island county-level statistics, 2020 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solid Democratic | 4 | 84.5% | |||||
| Battleground Democratic | 1 | 15.5% | |||||
| Total voted Democratic | 5 | 100.0% | |||||
| Total voted Republican | 0 | 0.0% | |||||
Other counties in Rhode Island[edit]
Navigate to Rhode Island 2022 local elections overviews:
Bristol | Kent | Newport | Providence | Washington
See also[edit]
2022 Elections
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