East Sandwich, MA is a small town in Massachusetts with a rich history. Despite its small size, East Sandwich has an active political scene. The local government is responsible for the management of services such as education and public safety, which are provided to the citizens of the town. Local elections are held every two years to decide who will serve in positions such as mayor, selectmen, town manager, and other important roles. Residents of East Sandwich take part in choosing their leaders by voting for candidates from both major political parties. Each election cycle, residents come together at the polls to make their decisions on who they want representing them in local government. This ensures that all voices are heard and taken into account when it comes to making decisions on behalf of the community as a whole.
The political climate in East Sandwich, 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
East Sandwich, 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.
East Sandwich, 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 East Sandwich, MA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,303 contributions totaling $107,783 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $83 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 182 contributions totaling $32,726 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $180 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)