Yarmouth, MA is a town located on Cape Cod in southeast Massachusetts. It has a long and storied history, with many sites of historical interest. Politically, Yarmouth is mostly blue-leaning, leaning heavily towards the Democratic Party. This is due to its proximity to Boston and Cambridge, which have traditionally been liberal strongholds. The town participates in local elections for state representatives and senators, as well as county-level offices like sheriff and register of deeds. Local committees from the two major parties also actively participate in campaign activities to help their respective candidates get elected. In addition to state and county races, citizens can vote on town issues such as zoning laws, regulations governing development projects, school budgets, police issues and others that directly affect the quality of life for Yarmouth residents. All these elections are important in maintaining the local political landscape in Yarmouth, MA.
The political climate in Yarmouth, MA is somewhat 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
Yarmouth, MA is somewhat 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.
Yarmouth, 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 Yarmouth, MA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5,456 contributions totaling $460,330 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $84 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 697 contributions totaling $131,570 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $189 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)