The town of Chatham, MA in zip code 02633 is a beautiful coastal community located on the south shore of Cape Cod. The town is a popular summer destination and well-known for its quaint historic downtown district. The politics in Chatham are quite vibrant and involve many passionate residents. There are several local government committees that focus on issues such as zoning, economic development, affordable housing, and education. Local elections often draw strong interest from the citizens of Chatham as they want to ensure their elected officials will make decisions that work for the entire town. There are also several organizations that work to advocate for better policies and regulations at both state and federal levels. In general, there is a strong sense of civic engagement in Chatham with an emphasis on community involvement.
The political climate in Zip 02633 (Chatham, 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 02633 (Chatham, MA) is somewhat liberal.
Chatham, 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.
Chatham, 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 02633 (Chatham)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 743 contributions totaling $166,559 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $224 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 236 contributions totaling $66,895 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $283 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)