The town of Dennis, MA (02638) is an active and vibrant community, where all citizens have a say in their local politics. The town has its own elected Town Moderator, who presides over the Annual Town Meeting each spring. The town also elects a Board of Selectmen, who are responsible for managing the town's affairs and making decisions on behalf of the residents. Additionally, Dennis has a number of committees that meet regularly throughout the year to discuss various issues facing the town. All members of these committees are appointed by either the Selectmen or Town Meeting. During local elections, candidates run for office to represent their constituents in matters concerning government. This ensures that everyone in Dennis has a voice when it comes to how their community is managed.
The political climate in Zip 02638 (Dennis, 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 02638 (Dennis, MA) is somewhat liberal.
Dennis, 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.
Dennis, 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 02638 (Dennis)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 397 contributions totaling $19,888 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $50 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 103 contributions totaling $8,632 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $84 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)