Truro, MA has a thriving political landscape. The town is currently led by a Board of Selectmen and Town Administrator who are elected by the citizens of Truro. The Board works to represent the best interests of the municipality and to manage its resources. Elections for local political positions are held each spring, with residents electing people they trust to lead their town government. Additionally, Truro residents can take part in state and national elections through absentee ballots or in-person voting at designated polling places. Local politics often involve debates about important civic issues, such as taxation, infrastructure development, and environmental conservation. Through these efforts, Truro remains a vibrant community that is deeply engaged in both local and national politics.
The political climate in Truro, MA is leaning liberal.
Barnstable County, MA is strongly liberal. In Barnstable County, MA 61.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 36.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Barnstable county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 61.2% to 36.8%.
Barnstable county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Truro, MA is leaning liberal.
Barnstable County, Massachusetts is strongly liberal.
Barnstable Town Metro Area is strongly 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.
Truro, 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 Truro, MA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,778 contributions totaling $235,070 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $85 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 53 contributions totaling $12,826 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $242 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)