The town of Easton, MA is an important part of the greater Boston area and takes its civic duties seriously. Located in Bristol County, Easton hosts a variety of local political issues that are discussed and voted on by local residents. The town has elected selectmen to manage day-to-day affairs, and a Town Meeting is held yearly to discuss more significant issues of interest to the community. The Town Meeting is attended by citizens from all over the region who come together to make decisions on important matters like budgets, zoning, and public safety. Local candidates for office are frequent visitors in the town, offering their platforms and engaging with voters as they seek support during election season. Easton’s political landscape has grown increasingly diverse in recent years, with a variety of parties represented on various boards and committees throughout the town. Residents take pride in their right to vote and actively engage with their local representatives about the issues that affect them most.
The political climate in Easton, MA is leaning liberal.
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
Easton, MA is leaning liberal.
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.
Easton, 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 Easton, MA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,110 contributions totaling $166,003 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $150 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 261 contributions totaling $76,754 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $294 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)