Halifax, MA, located in Plymouth County, is a small town with an estimated population of around 8,300 people. As such, it does not have a lot of political activity or representation. The town is part of the 7th Plymouth District in the Massachusetts House of Representatives and is represented by Representative Matt Muratore. In terms of state-level politics, Halifax also falls within the 2nd Plymouth and Bristol district and is currently represented by Senator Michael Brady. On the federal level, Halifax is part of Massachusetts' 9th Congressional district and is represented by Congressman William R. Keating. There are no local political candidates to speak of since Halifax does not elect its own representatives to any government offices.
The political climate in Zip 02338 (Halifax, MA) is leaning liberal.
Plymouth County, MA is moderately liberal. In Plymouth County, MA 57.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 40.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Plymouth county remained very strongly Democratic, 57.5% to 40.2%.
Plymouth county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 02338 (Halifax, MA) is leaning liberal.
Halifax, Massachusetts is leaning liberal.
Plymouth County, Massachusetts is moderately liberal.
Boston-Cambridge-Newton Metro Area is very 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.
Halifax, 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 02338 (Halifax)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 295 contributions totaling $14,178 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $48 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 22 contributions totaling $1,435 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $65 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)