Norton, MA is a town located in the southeastern part of Massachusetts. It is home to a population of around 19,000 people. Politically, Norton is represented by several local representatives in the state legislature and Congress. On the local level, the town of Norton elects its own Town Moderator and Board of Selectmen, who are responsible for overseeing the day-to-day operations of town affairs. The town also has its own representative at the Bristol County Commission as well as two members on the Bristol County Board of Commissioners. At the state level, Norton has two representatives in the Massachusetts House of Representatives and one senator in Massachusetts State Senate. At the federal level, Norton is represented by Senator Edward Markey and Congressman Joe Kennedy III in Washington DC. The residents of Norton have a great amount of pride in their political representation and take part in civic engagement activities to ensure that their voices are heard both locally and nationally.
The political climate in Zip 02766 (Norton, 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 02766 (Norton, MA) is leaning liberal.
Norton, 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.
Norton, 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 02766 (Norton)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 603 contributions totaling $96,414 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $160 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 142 contributions totaling $15,808 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $111 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)