Weymouth Town, MA 02188 is a vibrant community that is home to over 52,000 residents. The politics of the town are shaped by the elected officials that serve in the Weymouth Town Council and School Committee. These two governing bodies make decisions on local issues such as education, infrastructure development, local policies, and budgeting allocations. Currently, there are several elected officials serving in these positions including Mayor Robert Hedlund, Deputy Mayor Arthur Mathewson, and Councillors-at-Large Patrick O’Connor and Rebecca Haugh. Each of these representatives are responsible for voicing their constituents’ concerns when it comes to making important decisions about the future of Weymouth Town. It is up to citizens to exercise their right to vote in order to ensure that their voices are heard by those who make important decisions about the direction of the town.
The political climate in Zip 02188 (Weymouth Town, 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 02188 (Weymouth Town, MA) is strongly liberal.
Weymouth Town, 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.
Weymouth Town, 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 02188 (Weymouth Town)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 455 contributions totaling $35,995 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $79 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 93 contributions totaling $7,849 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $84 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)