Ocean Grove, MA is a small town located in the Eastern part of Massachusetts. The political atmosphere of Ocean Grove is usually quite calm and peaceful, with the majority of the population preferring to stay out of politics. However, there are some local representatives who serve their community and advocate for local issues. These representatives come from different political backgrounds and ideologies, but they all work together to create laws and regulations that benefit Ocean Grove's citizens. They often attend events such as town hall meetings and debates to discuss various policies that could help improve the town's quality of life. Despite the lack of population interest in local politics, Ocean Grove still remains an active participant in many state-wide initiatives.
The political climate in Ocean Grove, 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
Ocean Grove, 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.
Ocean Grove, 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 Ocean Grove, MA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 230 contributions totaling $18,461 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $80 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 56 contributions totaling $8,019 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $143 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)