Stoughton, MA is a small town with a population of 27,000 people located in Norfolk County. The politics in Stoughton are overseen by the local town government. The Town of Stoughton is led by Mayor Robert Dicrescenzo and the Board of Selectmen, which are comprised of five private citizens elected at-large for two-year terms. The Town Meeting, made up of all registered voters living in the Town of Stoughton, acts as the legislative branch and has approval power over all spending and zoning changes. In addition to these roles, other public services such as fire services and police departments are run by local officials. Stoughton residents have the opportunity to participate in their community through elections for various positions including School Committee Members, Town Moderator and Town Clerk as well as voting on each year's budget and ballot questions posed by the Selectmen.
The political climate in Zip 02072 (Stoughton, MA) is strongly liberal.
Norfolk County, MA is very liberal. In Norfolk County, MA 67.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 30.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Norfolk county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 67.0% to 30.7%.
Norfolk county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 02072 (Stoughton, MA) is strongly liberal.
Stoughton, Massachusetts is strongly liberal.
Norfolk County, Massachusetts is very 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.
Stoughton, 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 02072 (Stoughton)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,061 contributions totaling $143,463 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $70 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 530 contributions totaling $36,149 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $68 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)