Onset, MA is a small town in southeastern Massachusetts. It has a long history of being politically active and engaged with the local government. In Onset, many of the residents are committed to making sure their voices are heard and respected by the local politicians. The town holds regular meetings at which issues such as taxes, educational funding, infrastructure projects, and police funding are discussed. At these meetings, residents have the opportunity to share their opinions with elected officials and participate in forums about local initiatives and developments. Local political candidates for office often come to Onset to meet with constituents and discuss how they plan to tackle important issues that affect all citizens of Onset. All are welcome to attend these meetings and voice their opinions on how they think the town should develop into the future.
The political climate in Onset, MA is somewhat 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
Onset, MA is somewhat 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.
Onset, 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 Onset, MA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 93 contributions totaling $9,468 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $102 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2 contributions totaling $500 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $250 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)