Brockton, Massachusetts, is a city located in Plymouth County. It has a long history of civic engagement and political involvement. The city council is composed of 11 members representing their individual wards and serve as the legislative branch of the government. The current mayor is Robert Sullivan who was elected in 2018. Each year the residents of Brockton have the opportunity to vote in local elections for candidates running for various positions such as school committee members, city councillors, state representatives, and mayors. In 2019 there were several high profile races including a competitive mayoral election between Robert Sullivan and his challenger. In 2021, Brocktonians will go to the polls again to make their voices heard on a variety of issues from taxes and crime to education and infrastructure. While there are many challenges facing Brockton's political landscape at this time, there are also many opportunities for residents to become involved in making sure that their voices are heard through voting and advocating for change.
The political climate in Brockton, MA is moderately liberal.
Plymouth County, MA is moderately liberal. In Plymouth County, MA 57.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 40.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Plymouth county remained very strongly Democratic, 57.5% to 40.2%.
Plymouth county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Brockton, MA is moderately liberal.
Plymouth County, Massachusetts is moderately liberal.
Boston-Cambridge-Newton Metro Area is very liberal.
Massachusetts is very liberal.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index is based on recent voting in national elections, federal campaign contributions by local residents, and consumer personality profiles.
VoteWord™
Displaying 20 years of Presidential voting, visualized in one word.
Brockton, Massachusetts: D d d d d D
How It Works:
Here at BestPlaces, we were looking at the voting patterns since the 2000 election and realized that we could express the results of each election as one letter. R if the Republican Party candidate won, D if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. The six elections (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) would be expressed as six-letter word (R R D R R).
Then we went a little further and added the dimension of magnitude. If the difference of victory was greater than 10 percent, the letter is upper case, and lower case if the difference was less than 10 percent. This allows us to see interesting voting patterns at just a glance.
Here's the VoteWord for Iowa d r d d r. In the last six elections the state has been closely contested, voting narrowly for the Republican Party candidate in 2016 and 2020 after voting for the Democratic Party in 2008 and 2012. Virginia (r r d d d D) has voted for the Democratic Party in the last three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Brockton, MA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,779 contributions totaling $83,511 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $47 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 357 contributions totaling $57,139 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $160 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)