Barnstable Town, MA is a small town located on Cape Cod in the state of Massachusetts. It has a rich history and culture, with many longstanding traditions that are still held dear by its citizens today. Politically, Barnstable Town is represented by several members of the Massachusetts House of Representatives and Senate, as well as local City Council members from each ward. The town is also home to three precincts which each have their own representatives. These representatives work together to ensure that the people of Barnstable Town get the best representation possible when it comes to local laws and issues. Many of the issues facing Barnstable Town such as education, healthcare, and infrastructure are discussed and voted on at monthly meetings of the City Council or other related committees. The town also typically holds election events for local offices every few years where residents can cast their vote for their preferred candidate. Overall, politics in Barnstable Town is an important part of civic life and helps ensure that everyone's voice is heard when decisions are being made about how to move forward in this beautiful community.
The political climate in Zip 02668 (Barnstable Town, 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
Zip 02668 (Barnstable Town, MA) is somewhat liberal.
Barnstable Town, Massachusetts 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.
Barnstable Town, 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 02668 (Barnstable Town)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 494 contributions totaling $32,335 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $65 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 26 contributions totaling $3,760 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $145 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)