The Pinehills, MA is a small, residential town located in the northeast corner of the United States. As with most small towns, local politics are very important to the people who live there. The town is served by a five-member Board of Selectmen, which is responsible for setting goals and objectives for the town and oversees its day-to-day operations. The Board also serves as a liaison between citizens and government entities such as state and county governments. Additionally, The Pinehills' town meeting is held annually and provides citizens an opportunity to discuss issues that affect their lives. Local elections are held every two years and residents typically have multiple candidates to choose from representing different political views. The election process allows residents to collectively determine who will serve as their representatives in local government.
The political climate in The Pinehills, 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
The Pinehills, 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.
The Pinehills, 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 The Pinehills, MA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,249 contributions totaling $285,317 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $67 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 519 contributions totaling $86,869 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $167 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)