Norfolk County, Massachusetts is a vibrant and diverse community that is governed by local government officials. The county is divided into 13 towns and cities, each with their own elected representatives who work to ensure the best interests of their constituents are being met. Every two years, local political candidates run for office in order to represent the needs of the county's residents. These candidates must be approved by the citizens through a voting process that takes place in November. Each political party puts forth its own set of candidates to be voted upon by residents. The parties feature an array of platforms and philosophies that are meant to address the most pressing issues at hand in Norfolk County. Voters have the option to choose between candidates based on which ones they feel can best represent them and their interests within the county. Through this process, leaders are chosen who will ultimately shape Norfolk County's policies for years to come.
The political climate in Norfolk County, MA is very liberal.
In Norfolk County, MA 67.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 30.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Norfolk county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 67.0% to 30.7%.
Norfolk county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Norfolk County, MA is very 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.
Norfolk, 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 Norfolk County, MA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 98,369 contributions totaling $20,981,106 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $213 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 8,935 contributions totaling $6,983,691 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $782 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)