Politics in 02717 East Freetown, MA are very important to the local community. The town is part of Bristol County and is represented at the state level by Senator Michael Rodrigues. At the local level, the town has a town meeting form of government which is made up of three elected selectmen who meet monthly to discuss important issues and policies for the town such as taxes, zoning, and public safety. Additionally, there are other committees such as a planning board and historical commissions that work within their own fields to ensure that all residents of East Freetown have an equal say in how the town functions. All members are elected by a majority vote from the citizens of East Freetown.
The political climate in Zip 02717 (East Freetown, 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 02717 (East Freetown, MA) is leaning liberal.
East Freetown, 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.
East Freetown, 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 02717 (East Freetown)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 64 contributions totaling $843 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $13 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 50 contributions totaling $5,101 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $102 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)