The politics in Pembroke, MA are centered around providing the best possible quality of life for local residents. The town is governed by an elected Board of Selectmen, Town Moderator, Town Clerk and Treasurer, who are responsible for overseeing the day-to-day operations of the town. They strive to provide services such as public safety, education, public works, and community amenities. In addition to these core services, the town also has other committees that work towards ensuring that all areas of Pembroke have access to resources and support they need. These include the Historic Commission, Conservation Commission, Economic Development Commission, Park Advisory Committee and many more. All of these committees have members who come from different backgrounds and have a common goal – to create a thriving community for everyone who lives there.
The political climate in Pembroke, 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
Pembroke, 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.
Pembroke, 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 Pembroke, MA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,904 contributions totaling $178,516 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $94 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 503 contributions totaling $75,230 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $150 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)