The town of Walpole, MA (02081) is a friendly and close-knit community located in Norfolk County, just 30 miles south of Boston. As a part of Massachusetts's 6th congressional district, the town is led by Congresswoman Katherine Clark who has worked hard to ensure that the residents of Walpole have access to reliable and quality services. Additionally, at the local level, Walpole is represented by an elected select board consisting of five members. These board members work together to oversee the day to day operations of the town from budgeting and maintaining infrastructure to making sure its citizens have access to city resources. At the state level, there are also elected representatives who work on behalf of Walpole and other towns in Massachusetts’ 6th district. Overall, politics in 02081 Walpole MA focuses on providing quality services for citizens while also advocating for better economic and environmental conditions throughout the entire state.
The political climate in Zip 02081 (Walpole, MA) is moderately 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 02081 (Walpole, MA) is moderately liberal.
Walpole, Massachusetts is moderately 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.
Walpole, 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 02081 (Walpole)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 448 contributions totaling $111,907 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $250 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 163 contributions totaling $76,568 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $470 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)