Halifax, MA is located in Plymouth County and is a small rural town with a population of just under 7,000. The town has an elected Board of Selectmen and Town Meeting Members responsible for governing the town. The citizens of Halifax are represented by Representative Christine Canavan in the Massachusetts House of Representatives and Senator Walter Timilty in the Massachusetts Senate. Both representatives work hard to ensure that Halifax residents have access to resources such as healthcare, education, infrastructure and public safety. Local elections are held every year and residents have an opportunity to vote on important issues facing their community. Through their local government, residents can voice their concerns about topics ranging from property taxes to school funding. All in all, politics in Halifax is an important part of its history and plays an important role in shaping the future of the area.
The political climate in Halifax, MA is leaning liberal.
Plymouth County, MA is moderately liberal. In Plymouth County, MA 57.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 40.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Plymouth county remained very strongly Democratic, 57.5% to 40.2%.
Plymouth county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Halifax, MA is leaning liberal.
Plymouth County, Massachusetts is moderately 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.
Halifax, 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 Halifax, MA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 295 contributions totaling $14,178 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $48 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 22 contributions totaling $1,435 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $65 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)