Harwich Center, MA is a small town in the southeastern part of Massachussetts. It is known for its quaint charm and historic homes. Locally, politics focuses on ensuring that citizens of Harwich Center have access to essential services such as clean water, safe roads and bridges, and quality education. The local political scene involves a variety of candidates from both major parties who are committed to the well-being of the community. They strive to ensure that the interests of all residents are taken into account and guarantee that decisions are made with everyone’s best interest in mind. In addition, they are also dedicated to bringing jobs and economic growth to Harwich Center by attracting businesses and investment opportunities to the area. In their aim for progress, these candidates collaborate closely with each other and use their collective power to create lasting positive changes throughout Harwich Center.
The political climate in Harwich Center, 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
Harwich Center, 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.
Harwich Center, 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 Harwich Center, MA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,104 contributions totaling $142,563 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $68 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 169 contributions totaling $23,817 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $141 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)