Madaket, MA is a small town on the island of Nantucket. Although it has limited political representation, it still plays an important role in regional politics. The local government is responsible for delivering services to its citizens and making decisions that will affect the day-to-day lives of the people who live there. The town council meets regularly to discuss issues concerning the community and create laws or regulations that they feel would be beneficial. They also hold public meetings where residents can provide input and voice their opinions in regards to potential policies or initiatives. Additionally, Madaket often participates in county-wide elections for positions such as sheriff or district attorney. These elected officials are responsible for overseeing law enforcement, maintaining courts of law, and prosecuting criminal cases throughout the region.
The political climate in Madaket, MA is somewhat liberal.
Nantucket County, MA is very liberal. In Nantucket County, MA 71.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 26.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Nantucket county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 71.7% to 26.2%.
Nantucket county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Madaket, MA is somewhat liberal.
Nantucket County, Massachusetts 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.
Madaket, 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 Madaket, MA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,609 contributions totaling $1,631,001 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $625 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 171 contributions totaling $94,648 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $554 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)