Woods Hole, MA is a small community located on Cape Cod, and is known for its top-notch research institutions. It has a long history of being politically active, with local elections often having high voter turnout. There are several organizations in the area that focus on community engagement and political empowerment, such as the Woods Hole Political Forum and the Woods Hole Civic Association. Additionally, many of the local businesses are involved in politics in one way or another - from hosting candidate events to organizing issue-based campaigns. In general, Woods Hole residents are passionate about issues that directly impact their lives, such as environmental protection and coastal resilience. As a result, local politicians tend to be knowledgeable and engaged with their constituents.
The political climate in Woods Hole, 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
Woods Hole, 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.
Woods Hole, 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 Woods Hole, MA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,723 contributions totaling $354,741 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $75 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 153 contributions totaling $50,690 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $331 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)