The town of Nantucket, MA (02584) is a vibrant coastal community that offers its residents a variety of things to do. With the island’s rich history and culture, it’s no wonder that politics in Nantucket are just as varied and exciting. Local elections are held every two years for a range of important positions, including Town Meeting Member, Select Board Member, and School Committee Member. Through local government initiatives such as zoning laws and town meetings, citizens have the opportunity to have their voices heard on issues important to them. The Nantucket Town Hall also serves to house information on current politics in the area as well as upcoming election dates and candidates. Community involvement is highly encouraged, so get out there and make your vote count!
The political climate in Zip 02584 (Nantucket, MA) is moderately liberal.
Nantucket County, MA is very liberal. In Nantucket County, MA 71.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 26.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Nantucket county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 71.7% to 26.2%.
Nantucket county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 02584 (Nantucket, MA) is moderately liberal.
Nantucket, Massachusetts is moderately liberal.
Nantucket County, Massachusetts is very liberal.
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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.
Nantucket, 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 02584 (Nantucket)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 86 contributions totaling $13,439 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $156 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 7 contributions totaling $1,915 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $274 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)