The town of Plainville, Massachusetts is a small municipality located in the suburbs of Boston. As with many towns, politics in Plainville are an important part of the community. Residents have a voice in their local government through municipal elections and they actively participate in the daily process of creating laws and regulations for their town. The local political candidates who are elected to serve on the Board of Selectmen help to shape policies that will benefit all citizens. Residents also stay informed about state and national politics, paying attention to issues that may impact them directly or indirectly. Through thoughtful advocacy and discourse, the people of Plainville strive to make their municipality a better place for everyone.
The political climate in Plainville, MA is somewhat liberal.
Norfolk County, MA is very liberal. In Norfolk County, MA 67.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 30.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Norfolk county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 67.0% to 30.7%.
Norfolk county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Plainville, MA is somewhat liberal.
Norfolk County, Massachusetts is very 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.
Plainville, 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 Plainville, MA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 177 contributions totaling $15,229 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $86 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 50 contributions totaling $8,199 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $164 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)