The small town of Dighton, MA with a zip code of 02715 is located in southeastern Massachusetts and is just over 10 miles south of Providence, Rhode Island. Dighton is a rural community with a population of approximately 5,500 people as of the 2010 census. The town has its own local government consisting of an elected Board of Selectmen and Town Meeting representatives. The Board of Selectmen governs the functions and operations for day-to-day activities, while Town Meeting representatives are responsible for voting on budgets and deciding on major town initiatives. In recent years, there have been numerous initiatives that focus on maintaining the town’s rural charm while providing much needed services to the residents. These initiatives have included educational programs for the youth, various public works projects, and other improvements to attract businesses to the area.
The political climate in Zip 02715 (Dighton, MA) is leaning liberal.
Bristol County, MA is somewhat liberal. In Bristol County, MA 54.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 42.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Bristol county remained strongly Democratic, 54.9% to 42.9%.
Bristol county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 02715 (Dighton, MA) is leaning liberal.
Dighton, Massachusetts is leaning liberal.
Bristol County, Massachusetts is somewhat liberal.
Providence-Warwick Metro Area is moderately 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.
Dighton, 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 02715 (Dighton)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 65 contributions totaling $1,979 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $30 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 16 contributions totaling $2,613 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $163 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)