Acushnet, MA, is a small community located in Bristol County. Despite its size, it has a vibrant political culture that plays an important role in the town. Residents of Acushnet take part in local politics by voting in local elections and attending public meetings. These meetings provide the opportunity for citizens to voice their opinions on key issues facing the community. Local political candidates are regularly elected to serve as representatives for Acushnet at both the state and federal level. The elected officials from Acushnet work hard to ensure that the needs of their constituents are met while striving to make their town a better place for all who live there.
The political climate in Zip 02743 (Acushnet, MA) is leaning liberal.
Bristol County, MA is somewhat liberal. In Bristol County, MA 54.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 42.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Bristol county remained strongly Democratic, 54.9% to 42.9%.
Bristol county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 02743 (Acushnet, MA) is leaning liberal.
Acushnet, Massachusetts is leaning liberal.
Bristol County, Massachusetts is somewhat liberal.
Providence-Warwick Metro Area is moderately 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.
Acushnet, 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 02743 (Acushnet)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 100 contributions totaling $3,155 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $32 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 49 contributions totaling $4,081 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $83 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)