Dighton, MA Voting


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Dighton, MA is a small town located in southeastern Massachusetts. While it is a relatively small community, the politics of Dighton are still quite important to its citizens. The town is part of Bristol County and is represented by several state representatives in the Massachusetts House of Representatives. Dighton residents participate in local elections which allow them to have their voices heard when it comes to deciding who will represent them at the city, county, state and national levels. Locally, Dighton elects a Town Moderator and several Selectmen who oversee the daily operations of the town. They also hold regular meetings with the public to discuss any issues that may arise or upcoming projects. The town also has an active School Committee that manages both the elementary school and middle/high school systems within the district. All these positions are filled through local elections and ensure that all residents can be involved in their government's decisions regarding Dighton politics.

The political climate in Dighton, MA is leaning conservative.

Bristol County, MA is somewhat liberal. In Bristol County, MA 54.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 42.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.

In the last Presidential election, Bristol county remained strongly Democratic, 54.9% to 42.9%.
Bristol county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.


The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index

Dighton, MA is leaning conservative.


Bristol County, Massachusetts is somewhat liberal.

Providence-Warwick Metro Area is moderately 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.

Dighton, 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 Dighton, MA

In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 135 contributions totaling $8,201 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $61 per contribution.

In the last 4 years, there were 33 contributions totaling $11,195 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $339 per contribution.

(source: Federal Election Commission)

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