The town of Falmouth, MA (02540) is a vibrant and diverse community known for its scenic views of Martha's Vineyard, its beaches, trails and parks. Despite being a small community, the politics in Falmouth are active and engaging. This includes involvement from local political leaders who seek to represent residents’ interests at both the state and federal levels. From members of the Town Council to representatives in Congress, Falmouth has an array of outstanding elected officials who are passionate about making positive changes in their communities. These leaders work hard to ensure that the issues facing the people of Falmouth are brought to light and addressed. As such, they are always eager to hear from their constituents about any concerns that they may have or ideas for improvement.
The political climate in Zip 02540 (Falmouth, 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 02540 (Falmouth, MA) is somewhat liberal.
Falmouth, 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.
Falmouth, 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 02540 (Falmouth)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,565 contributions totaling $272,008 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $76 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 123 contributions totaling $24,485 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $199 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)