West Wareham, MA is a small town located on the coastline of Massachusetts. The town has been part of Plymouth County since its founding in 1775 and is held in high regard by the local residents. Politically, West Wareham leans towards liberal politics, with many of the citizens favoring progressive policies. While no particular political party holds sway over the area, there are numerous civic organizations that actively promote involvement in local government. One such organization is the West Wareham Civic Association which works to increase voter registration and get more people involved in public discourse about local issues. Local politicians also often appear at town events, giving speeches and sharing their views on current matters. In short, politics plays an important role in West Wareham, helping to shape policy and identity for the town’s inhabitants.
The political climate in West Wareham, 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
West Wareham, 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.
West Wareham, 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 West Wareham, MA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 326 contributions totaling $19,376 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $59 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 170 contributions totaling $14,259 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $84 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)