Norton, MA is a small town located in the southeastern region of Massachusetts. It is governed by a five-member Board of Selectmen, which works with Town Meeting to make decisions for the community. The town also has an elected Town Clerk and Treasurer who manage the daily operations of the local government. At Town Meeting, residents are able to voice their opinions on various matters and vote on important issues that effect the town. Additionally, Norton has several committees such as Planning and Zoning, Conservation and Historic Commission that offer guidance and advice to the Board of Selectmen. All members of these committees are appointed by the Board of Selectmen and serve for three year terms. As a result, Norton is an engaged community where citizens can be involved in local politics and help shape their own future.
The political climate in Norton, MA is leaning conservative.
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
Norton, MA is leaning conservative.
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.
Norton, 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 Norton, MA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,206 contributions totaling $192,828 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $160 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 284 contributions totaling $31,616 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $111 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)