The town of 02379 West Bridgewater, MA has a democratically elected government. The current town officials include the selectmen, the treasurer/collector and the town administrator. The citizens of West Bridgewater are actively involved in local politics and often vote on issues that affect their day to day lives. The town regularly holds elections for local candidates such as Town Meeting Members, School Committee Representatives and other roles in the government. The goal of these elections is to ensure that all residents have a voice in making decisions that will affect their future. In addition to voting for these positions, citizens of West Bridgewater can also volunteer for committees or take part in civic activities to gain a better understanding of how their local government works and what they can do to help make their community stronger.
The political climate in Zip 02379 (West Bridgewater, MA) is leaning 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 02379 (West Bridgewater, MA) is leaning liberal.
West Bridgewater, Massachusetts is leaning 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.
West Bridgewater, 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 02379 (West Bridgewater)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 53 contributions totaling $5,954 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $112 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 140 contributions totaling $14,722 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $105 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)