The town of 02341 Hanson, MA is a small community that takes an active interest in their local politics. The local political landscape focuses on the issues that affect everyday life, such as taxes, public services and infrastructure. Local candidates are regularly elected to the town council and state legislature to ensure their voices are heard. Residents take part in spirited discussions during election times and have a strong interest in making sure their opinions are represented in the government. The close-knit nature of the community also ensures that candidates are highly connected to the residents they wish to serve. Through these connections, residents can count on their elected officials to listen to them and act on their behalf when necessary.
The political climate in Zip 02341 (Hanson, 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 02341 (Hanson, MA) is leaning liberal.
Hanson, 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.
Hanson, 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 02341 (Hanson)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 208 contributions totaling $13,566 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $65 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 169 contributions totaling $16,360 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $97 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)