Plymouth is a town located in Plymouth County, Massachusetts. It has a rich history dating back to 1620 when the Pilgrims arrived there and established the first colony on Cape Cod. The town of Plymouth is currently home to approximately 57,000 people. Despite its small size, politics are an important part of life in Plymouth. The town is represented by several state representatives as well as senators in both the House and Senate. In addition, local elections are held each year for seats on the Town Council, School Committee, and other boards and committees. There are also numerous political clubs and organizations that hold events throughout the year to discuss current issues facing the town. Civic engagement is very important in Plymouth and residents take part in all levels of government to ensure their voices are heard.
The political climate in Zip 02360 (Plymouth, 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
Zip 02360 (Plymouth, MA) is leaning liberal.
Plymouth, Massachusetts 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.
Plymouth, 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 zip 02360 (Plymouth)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,249 contributions totaling $285,317 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $67 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 519 contributions totaling $86,869 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $167 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)