Wellfleet, MA is located in the southeastern corner of Cape Cod and has a long history of political involvement. Wellfleet is highly involved in local politics and has a large number of active voters who are passionate about their town. The town is represented by many different elected officials, including the Town Moderator, Board of Selectmen, Town Clerk, Treasurer/Collector, School Committee, Planning Board and Conservation Commission. All of these officials work together to ensure that the policies and decisions made at the town level are reflective of the values and wishes of Wellfleet's residents. Furthermore, citizens have many opportunities to get involved with local politics through attending public hearings and open meetings as well as taking part in community-wide initiatives such as voter registration drives or candidate forums. By staying abreast on local issues and voting in local elections, citizens can shape the future of Wellfleet for generations to come.
The political climate in Wellfleet, 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
Wellfleet, 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.
Wellfleet, 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 Wellfleet, MA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,928 contributions totaling $175,609 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $60 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 48 contributions totaling $11,411 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $238 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)