Politics in 02673 West Yarmouth, MA involve a number of issues which are important to the local citizens. This includes keeping taxes low, providing quality education and healthcare opportunities, maintaining infrastructure such as roads and bridges, and creating jobs. The local government also works hard to keep the environment safe and preserve open spaces for recreational activities. There are a few elected officials that represent this area, including State Representatives and a Senator that are voted in by the citizens of 02673 West Yarmouth. All of these representatives work together to ensure the best possible outcome for residents of West Yarmouth. The Town Meeting is where the voices of all political perspectives can be heard, and decisions made on issues affecting the town.
The political climate in Zip 02673 (West Yarmouth, 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 02673 (West Yarmouth, MA) is somewhat liberal.
West Yarmouth, 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.
West Yarmouth, 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 02673 (West Yarmouth)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 533 contributions totaling $80,826 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $152 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 60 contributions totaling $18,132 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $302 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)