The small city of Falmouth, Massachusetts is a vibrant part of Cape Cod and boasts a variety of political views. The town council and local elections are important to the citizens, as it involves making decisions on vital issues like school funding, zoning regulations, taxes and public safety. The community takes pride in their political process and many residents are actively involved in attending local meetings or running for office. Local voter turnout is higher than the national average, as people recognize the importance of having their voices heard. Overall, the politics of Falmouth are defined by its citizens who make up an active and engaged electorate that strives to ensure that their interests are represented at all levels of government.
The political climate in Falmouth, MA is somewhat 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
Falmouth, MA is somewhat 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.
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 Falmouth, MA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 33,898 contributions totaling $2,401,557 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $71 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,479 contributions totaling $478,098 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $323 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)