The politics of 02301 Brockton, MA are largely focused on issues that affect the local community. This includes topics such as job creation, education, infrastructure improvement, public safety initiatives and other important local matters. The city is represented by a number of elected officials in the state legislature, including representatives and senators who work to ensure that the needs of their constituents are met. In addition to these officials, there are several candidates running for office during elections that provide a platform for their views on current affairs and the direction they believe the city should take. These candidates also strive to engage citizens in understanding local policymaking and in voicing their opinions about future plans for the community.
The political climate in Zip 02301 (Brockton, MA) is moderately 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 02301 (Brockton, MA) is moderately liberal.
Brockton, Massachusetts is moderately 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.
Brockton, 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 02301 (Brockton)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 956 contributions totaling $44,644 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $47 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 131 contributions totaling $26,365 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $201 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)