Seconsett Island, MA is a small and secluded island in New England that is home to a close-knit community of residents. Despite its small size, Seconsett Island has an active local political scene. The island elects representatives for the local governing body, which is responsible for managing the affairs of the island. The representatives are responsible for creating and passing laws that apply to all residents of the island. They also organize events, such as town hall meetings and other public events in which residents can discuss their issues and concerns with their elected officials. In addition, Seconsett Island elects representatives to positions on state-level boards and agencies that represent the interests of the island’s citizens at a larger level. Through these representatives, Seconsett Island’s residents participate in government decisions that affect them both locally and nationally.
The political climate in Seconsett Island, 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
Seconsett Island, 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.
Seconsett Island, 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 Seconsett Island, 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)