Rockland, MA, a town in Plymouth County, is politically active and engaged. The town prides itself on its commitment to engaging citizens in the political process. With a population of over 19,000 Rockland residents have the opportunity to cast their vote for local representatives like State Senator Walter Timilty and State Representatives Mark Cusack and Jose Tosado. The town also elects representatives to serve on the Town Council and School Committee. Rockland residents actively participate in public forums and debates during elections to share their opinions on policy issues that are important to them. Through their participation, citizens of Rockland can ensure their voices are heard when decisions are made about important local matters such as education funding or taxes.
The political climate in Zip 02370 (Rockland, MA) is somewhat 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 02370 (Rockland, MA) is somewhat liberal.
Rockland, Massachusetts is somewhat 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.
Rockland, 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 02370 (Rockland)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 373 contributions totaling $32,191 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $86 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 74 contributions totaling $15,414 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $208 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)