Taunton, MA, zip code 02780 is located in Bristol County in the southeastern part of Massachusetts. The town is surrounded by Rehoboth, Norton, Easton, and Raynham and has a population of 55,874 people according to the 2019 census. Politics are an important part of life in Taunton with many local political candidates running for office. There are three representatives who serve in the Massachusetts State House from Taunton: Patricia Haddad (D), Steven Howitt (R) and Keiko Orrall (R). Additionally, there are currently two state senators from Taunton: Marc R. Pacheco (D) and Michael J. Rodrigues (D). It's clear that politics play an important role in the town of Taunton as it is home to many different political ideologies that range from Democrat to Republican. As the 2020 election approaches, locals can expect to see plenty of political activity as candidates try to get their message out to voters.
The political climate in Zip 02780 (Taunton, MA) is somewhat 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 02780 (Taunton, MA) is somewhat liberal.
Taunton, Massachusetts is somewhat 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.
Taunton, 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 02780 (Taunton)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 890 contributions totaling $56,634 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $64 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 108 contributions totaling $45,091 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $418 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)