North Scituate, MA is a small community that values its independence and has a long history of electing local political candidates who reflect the same. Local elections are held every two years and are highly contested as the town members seek representatives who represent their views on how to best manage the town. The current mayor is John Smith, who was elected in 2018 and brings an impressive background in public service to the role. Additionally, there are several local City Council members, including Vice Mayor Amy Jones, who have served the community faithfully since 2009. Local politics in North Scituate is largely focused on managing finances, maintaining infrastructure, providing quality public services, and promoting economic development. All of these initiatives fall under the purview of the Town's Board of Selectmen which meets monthly to discuss any matters related to the administration of North Scituate. The town also holds regular elections for School Committee members and Library Trustees to ensure that all constituents are properly represented and their voices heard regarding important decisions that affect their daily lives.
The political climate in North Scituate, 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
North Scituate, 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.
North Scituate, 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 North Scituate, MA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,848 contributions totaling $215,986 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $117 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 241 contributions totaling $68,081 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $282 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)