Dartmouth, Massachusetts is a town located in Bristol County. It has a rich history that dates back to the colonial era, and is home to over 34,000 people. Dartmouth has a strong political history, with many of its citizens actively engaging in local politics. The town has been represented in the Massachusetts State Senate since 1788 and currently boasts two state senators and three representatives from the House of Representatives. In addition to these elected officials, Dartmouth residents are actively engaged in local politics through elected boards such as the Select Board, Park Commission, Board of Health, Zoning Board of Appeals, Planning Board and Conservation Commission. Local elections are held every two years and are often hotly contested races with a wide variety of candidates from different parties vying for positions. Citizens have the opportunity to voice their opinions at Town Meetings as well as receive information from their elected officials through newsletters and public forums. Dartmouth is an engaged community that takes pride in making sure its citizens have a say in how their community functions.
The political climate in Dartmouth, MA is leaning liberal.
Bristol County, MA is somewhat liberal. In Bristol County, MA 54.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 42.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Bristol county remained strongly Democratic, 54.9% to 42.9%.
Bristol county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Dartmouth, MA is leaning liberal.
Bristol County, Massachusetts is somewhat liberal.
Providence-Warwick Metro Area is moderately 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.
Dartmouth, 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 Dartmouth, MA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 8,086 contributions totaling $826,276 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $102 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,297 contributions totaling $219,045 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $169 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)