Politics in 02559 Pocasset, MA are highly localized and important to the community. As part of the town of Bourne in Barnstable County, MA, it is represented by a number of local political officials. These include both elected and appointed positions, such as Selectmen, Representative Town Meeting members, School Committee Members, Town Moderator, and various department heads and volunteers. All these individuals work together to ensure that the town's needs are met and provide representation for local issues. There are also several other organizations in place such as the Political Action Committee of Pocasset (PAC) whose mission is to promote transparency and civic engagement within the community through education and advocacy. The PAC works with local candidates to ensure their views are heard by voters and sponsors educational activities on a range of topics related to national politics as well as those specific to Bourne. With excellent representation from both sides of the political aisle, residents can always be sure that their voices will be heard when it comes to decision making in 02559 Pocasset, MA.
The political climate in Zip 02559 (Pocasset, MA) is somewhat liberal.
Barnstable County, MA is strongly liberal. In Barnstable County, MA 61.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 36.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Barnstable county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 61.2% to 36.8%.
Barnstable county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 02559 (Pocasset, MA) is somewhat liberal.
Pocasset, Massachusetts is somewhat liberal.
Barnstable County, Massachusetts is strongly liberal.
Barnstable Town Metro Area is strongly 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.
Pocasset, 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 02559 (Pocasset)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 343 contributions totaling $15,773 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $46 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 38 contributions totaling $1,901 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $50 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)