Rockland, MA is a small town in the United States of America located on the South Shore of Massachusetts. The town has a population of approximately 17,000 people and is governed by an elected Board of Selectmen. Rockland also has its own local government, with elected officials for various positions like Town Moderator, Town Clerk, Tax Collector, Treasurer and more. Elections are held every two years in Rockland to elect these local officials as well as representatives for state and federal offices. The politics in Rockland often reflects the values and views of its citizens; issues like education, taxation, public safety and economic development have been topics that many residents have voiced their opinions on during elections. In addition to providing community specific services like trash collection and snow removal, the local government also looks at the bigger picture to ensure that Rockland remains a great place to live and work.
The political climate in Rockland, 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
Rockland, 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.
Rockland, 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 Rockland, MA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,545 contributions totaling $249,347 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $161 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 654 contributions totaling $309,212 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $473 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)