East Falmouth, MA is a small town located on Cape Cod and has an active political landscape. The town is home to two selectmen, one representative from the Democratic party and one from the Republican party. The Selectmen are elected to four-year terms and are responsible for ensuring that the town's laws and ordinances are followed by all citizens. Additionally, local elections are held annually for other positions such as Town Moderator, Town Clerk, Assessors and members of the Board of Health. These elections involve candidates running on platforms of fiscal responsibility, social equity and environmental stewardship. Although residents have differing opinions about candidates' views on topics such as taxes, education funding or public safety initiatives, they come together as a community to find agreement on important matters for the betterment of their town.
The political climate in East Falmouth, MA is leaning liberal.
Barnstable County, MA is strongly liberal. In Barnstable County, MA 61.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 36.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Barnstable county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 61.2% to 36.8%.
Barnstable county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
East Falmouth, MA is leaning liberal.
Barnstable County, Massachusetts is strongly liberal.
Barnstable Town Metro Area is strongly 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.
East Falmouth, 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 East Falmouth, MA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,288 contributions totaling $193,100 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $59 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 197 contributions totaling $92,201 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $468 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)