In the 02050 Marshfield, MA area, politics is a driving force in the community. With a number of local boards and organizations at work, there are many different politicians vying for positions in government. The Marshfield Town Meeting is one of the largest and most influential political bodies in the region, with elected representatives from each of the town's districts. These individuals hold important roles in deciding how funds are allocated, laws are enacted and policies are enforced. The Marshfield Select Board is another important political voice in the community, with members who are elected to serve three-year terms. Both organizations invite citizens to attend meetings to discuss and vote on proposals that can have an impact on their lives. In addition to these local entities, Marsfield residents also have the opportunity to cast their ballots for national representatives in state and federal elections.
The political climate in Zip 02050 (Marshfield, 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 02050 (Marshfield, MA) is leaning liberal.
Marshfield, 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.
Marshfield, 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 02050 (Marshfield)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,216 contributions totaling $97,718 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $80 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 256 contributions totaling $71,292 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $278 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)