Seekonk, MA is a small town located in Bristol County in southeastern Massachusetts. It is an important part of the Greater Boston area and has played a major role in local politics for many years. The Town of Seekonk has a strong municipal government, which is led by a Board of Selectmen and the Town Administrator. Residents are able to participate in the political process by attending meetings, voting in elections, and volunteering with local campaigns. The Town also offers several services that benefit its citizens such as police protection, fire protection, public works projects, recreational programs, libraries, and more. A number of state and federal representatives have represented Seekonk throughout its history including current US Representative Joseph Kennedy III and State Senator Walter Timilty. There are also numerous local organizations such as Seekonk Citizens for Open Government that actively work to keep citizens informed on political issues that affect their lives.
The political climate in Seekonk, MA is leaning liberal.
Bristol County, MA is somewhat liberal. In Bristol County, MA 54.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 42.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Bristol county remained strongly Democratic, 54.9% to 42.9%.
Bristol county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Seekonk, MA is leaning liberal.
Bristol County, Massachusetts is somewhat liberal.
Providence-Warwick Metro Area is moderately 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.
Seekonk, 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 Seekonk, MA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,883 contributions totaling $175,098 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $61 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 378 contributions totaling $88,303 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $234 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)