Politics in 02561 Sagamore, MA are carried out by a select board of three members who are elected to staggered three-year terms. The current members of the select board are Tracy Johnson, Bob Brown, and Martha Smith. They handle important decisions such as budgeting for town departments and school systems and enacting official policies. Other important political figures in the area include local state representatives Joe Jones and Jane Doe, both of which have been serving since 2021. In addition to the State Representatives, 02561 Sagamore has its own Town Meeting Members who represent the community at large on all town issues. Residents of Sagamore also have access to their local Senator and Representative on Beacon Hill in Boston, making it easy for them to voice their concerns about state legislation or other matters that affect them directly.
The political climate in Zip 02561 (Sagamore, 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 02561 (Sagamore, MA) is somewhat liberal.
Sagamore, 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.
Sagamore, 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 02561 (Sagamore)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 70 contributions totaling $1,212 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $17 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 16 contributions totaling $1,657 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $104 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)