Braintree Town, MA is a vibrant community that is very engaged in politics. The mayor of the town is Joseph Sullivan and he has been mayor since 2008. The town council is composed of nine members who are elected by district every two years. The council meets regularly to discuss and vote on local issues such as zoning laws, town budgets, public safety ordinances, and other matters affecting the town residents. They also have input on decisions made at the state level which affect Braintree Town. Additionally, the Board of Selectmen is responsible for appointing various department heads and overseeing all aspects of municipal government. Local political candidates are often active in the community with events such as debates and campaigns getting their message out to residents. People living in Braintree Town take their civic responsibility seriously by being informed about local politics and voting in both local and national elections whenever possible.
The political climate in Braintree Town, MA is moderately liberal.
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
Braintree Town, MA is moderately liberal.
Norfolk County, Massachusetts 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.
Braintree Town, 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 Braintree Town, MA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,681 contributions totaling $150,687 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $90 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 275 contributions totaling $78,780 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $286 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)