Marion, MA is a small town in southeastern Massachusetts with a population of about 5,000 people. It is a quaint and peaceful community that takes pride in its local government. Marion has an elected Town Meeting form of government and the town's elected officials make decisions important to the community. The Town Meeting consists of an Open Town Meeting moderated by the Board of Selectmen, which includes a Chair and two other members. Additionally, there are various boards and committees such as the Planning Board, Conservation Commission, Finance Committee and Zoning Board of Appeals that help make decisions for the town. These boards and committees are made up of citizens who volunteer their time and expertise to keep Marion running smoothly. Marion also has representation at state level with their State Representative from the 7th Bristol District serving on their behalf. With all these different governing bodies working together, Marion residents feel secure that their voice is heard when it comes to making decisions for their community.
The political climate in Marion, MA is leaning liberal.
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
Marion, MA is leaning liberal.
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.
Marion, 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 Marion, MA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,820 contributions totaling $641,800 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $353 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 320 contributions totaling $130,148 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $407 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)