In 02048 Mansfield, MA, politics are experienced at both the local and national levels. At the local level, there is a town government overseen by an elected Board of Selectmen. The Board of Selectmen is responsible for managing municipal services and setting policy for the community. In terms of national politics, Mansfield is part of Massachusetts's Ninth Congressional District and has consistently voted for Democratic candidates in recent years. The town also plays an important role in state elections due to its reputation as an up-and-coming city with a strong sense of civic pride. Issues important to residents include education, infrastructure investments, job creation, environmental protection, immigration reform, and public safety.
The political climate in Zip 02048 (Mansfield, MA) is leaning 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 02048 (Mansfield, MA) is leaning liberal.
Mansfield, Massachusetts is leaning 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.
Mansfield, 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 02048 (Mansfield)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,137 contributions totaling $104,579 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $49 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 144 contributions totaling $39,379 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $273 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)