Walpole, MA is a small town located in Norfolk County, Massachusetts. It has a population of approximately 24,065 people. The town's politics are largely influenced by state and federal elections. The current mayor of Walpole is Scott Mason, who was elected in 2019 and is running for re-election in 2021. There are also several other local political candidates that have announced their candidacy for upcoming elections. These candidates include William Jacobson for Town Treasurer, Paul Rocha for Selectman, and MaryEllen Foley for School Committee Member. All of these candidates have been actively engaging with the residents of Walpole to discuss the issues that matter most to them and how they plan to address them if elected. It's clear that the citizens of Walpole take their civic duties very seriously and are dedicated to making sure their voices are heard when it comes to local politics.
The political climate in Walpole, MA is somewhat liberal.
Norfolk County, MA is very liberal. In Norfolk County, MA 67.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 30.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Norfolk county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 67.0% to 30.7%.
Norfolk county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Walpole, MA is somewhat liberal.
Norfolk County, Massachusetts is very 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.
Walpole, 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 Walpole, MA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,360 contributions totaling $248,267 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $183 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 361 contributions totaling $160,315 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $444 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)