Popponesset, MA is a small town with a tight-knit community. The local politics in Popponesset are centered around the town council, which consists of a group of elected officials. This council is responsible for making important decisions about issues affecting the town, such as infrastructure and public safety. The town residents often take part in the political process by attending town hall meetings or voting in local elections. They work together to ensure that their needs are heard and their ideas respected. Residents also come together to support various initiatives to make Popponesset a better place to live and raise a family. It is clear that the local politics of Popponesset are focused on creating an environment where all citizens feel respected and involved.
The political climate in Popponesset, MA is leaning liberal.
Barnstable County, MA is strongly liberal. In Barnstable County, MA 61.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 36.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Barnstable county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 61.2% to 36.8%.
Barnstable county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Popponesset, MA is leaning liberal.
Barnstable County, Massachusetts is strongly liberal.
Barnstable Town Metro Area is strongly 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.
Popponesset, 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 Popponesset, MA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,475 contributions totaling $101,552 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $69 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 166 contributions totaling $21,020 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $127 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)