The small town of Chilmark, MA is located on the beautiful island of Martha's Vineyard. As a rural, seaside community, Chilmark has a small population of around 805 people. As such, the politics in Chilmark are largely based on local issues and concerns. The town elects an open Town Meeting as its type of government which allows all residents to have a say in the decisions made within the community. There are numerous volunteer boards and committees that residents can join for additional involvement in the decision making process. Local elections are held each year to determine who will lead and represent the interests of townspeople in various roles. Despite its small size, Chilmark is able to effectively organize and manage itself through its elected officials who work hard to ensure that the town remains vibrant and successful.
The political climate in Zip 02535 (Chilmark, MA) is moderately liberal.
Dukes County, MA is very liberal. In Dukes County, MA 77.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 20.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Dukes county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 77.5% to 20.6%.
Dukes county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 02535 (Chilmark, MA) is moderately liberal.
Chilmark, Massachusetts is moderately liberal.
Dukes County, Massachusetts is very liberal.
Vineyard Haven 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.
Chilmark, 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 02535 (Chilmark)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,115 contributions totaling $789,521 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $373 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 150 contributions totaling $234,550 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,564 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)