Fall River, Massachusetts is a community located in Bristol County that has been part of the political landscape for many years. The city is currently represented in the Massachusetts state legislature by Senator Michael Rodrigues and Representative Carole Fiola. At the local level, Fall River is served by Mayor Paul Coogan and City Council President Cliff Ponte. Over the years, Fall River has seen its fair share of political issues such as public education funding, taxes, and infrastructure development. These issues have been addressed by both federal and state representatives to ensure that Fall River continues to grow economically and remain a vibrant community for its residents.
The political climate in Zip 02720 (Fall River, MA) is somewhat 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 02720 (Fall River, MA) is somewhat liberal.
Fall River, Massachusetts is somewhat 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.
Fall River, 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 02720 (Fall River)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 569 contributions totaling $36,098 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $63 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 89 contributions totaling $25,947 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $292 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)