Marshfield CDP, MA is a small town located on the South Shore of Massachusetts. It has a rich history dating back to the 1600s when English settlers first arrived. Today, Marshfield is home to many families who enjoy its rural atmosphere and convenient proximity to Boston. The town is governed by a five-member Board of Selectmen, who are elected from four districts and serve three-year terms. The Board of Selectmen appoints several committees to handle specific areas of town business, such as finance, public safety, and health and human services. Town meetings are held annually where citizens can voice their opinions on local issues in an open forum. The town also elects two representatives to serve in the Massachusetts House of Representatives for District 2nd Plymouth & Bristol. Marshfield CDP is proud of its strong democratic tradition and continues to strive for balanced growth and development that meets the needs of its residents.
The political climate in Marshfield CDP, 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
Marshfield CDP, 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.
Marshfield CDP, 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 Marshfield CDP, MA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,216 contributions totaling $97,718 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $80 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 256 contributions totaling $71,292 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $278 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)