West Dennis, MA is a small coastal town located on Cape Cod. Although it has a relatively small population of just over 4,000 people, its politics are an important part of the community culture. West Dennis is part of the 9th Barnstable District in the Massachusetts State Legislature and is represented by Sarah Peake as State Representative. At the local level, West Dennis residents elect a five-member board of selectmen who serve as their elected representatives for issues concerning the town. They also have an annual Town Meeting in which voters gather to decide on local matters and vote on budgets and ordinances. Local political campaigns in West Dennis focus on issues such as budgeting for municipal services, zoning requirements, and preserving the rural character of the community. The town's residents take pride in their leadership role in Cape Cod politics and strive to make sure that their voices are heard when making decisions that affect them all.
The political climate in West Dennis, MA is somewhat 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
West Dennis, MA is somewhat 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.
West Dennis, 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 West Dennis, MA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 939 contributions totaling $49,570 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $53 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 121 contributions totaling $33,670 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $278 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)