Eastham, MA 02642 is a small and peaceful town located on Cape Cod in Massachusetts. The politics of Eastham are largely influenced by its local and state governments. Eastham Town Hall serves the residents of Eastham with its various services and departments, including the Town Clerkâs Office, Building Department, Public Works Department, and Fire/Rescue Services. It also houses the offices of local elected officials such as the Select Board members and Town Moderator. The Select Board is responsible for setting policy in the town, while the Town Moderator presides over local elections. At the state level, Eastham is represented by two senators in Massachusetts' legislature, who pass laws that affect all citizens of Massachusetts. Lastly, at the federal level, Eastham is part of Massachusetts's 10th congressional district and is represented by William Keating in Congress.
The political climate in Zip 02642 (Eastham, 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 02642 (Eastham, MA) is somewhat liberal.
Eastham, 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.
Eastham, 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 02642 (Eastham)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,059 contributions totaling $88,269 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $43 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 117 contributions totaling $11,733 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $100 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)