Carver, MA is a small town located in Plymouth County with a population of roughly 11,000 residents. It has a rich history of political involvement and civic engagement. Local politics are largely focused on issues that directly affect the quality of life for Carver residents such as education, public safety, infrastructure, and economic development. The town has a three-member Board of Selectmen that oversees the operations of the local government and makes policy decisions for the community. Elections for Board members take place every two years. Carver also has an active Town Meeting where residents can debate and vote on initiatives to better their community. Issues such as zoning regulations and budgetary concerns are debated and voted on at these meetings. Local political candidates participate in debates during election seasons to help inform voters about their stances on important issues facing Carver.
The political climate in Carver, MA is leaning conservative.
Plymouth County, MA is moderately liberal. In Plymouth County, MA 57.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 40.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Plymouth county remained very strongly Democratic, 57.5% to 40.2%.
Plymouth county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Carver, MA is leaning conservative.
Plymouth County, Massachusetts is moderately 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.
Carver, 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 Carver, MA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 203 contributions totaling $16,858 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $83 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 42 contributions totaling $7,825 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $186 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)