The town of Yarmouth Port, MA (02675) is located in the western part of Barnstable County, on the southern tip of Cape Cod. This small community is known for its quaint beauty and friendly people. It is home to a variety of different businesses and has a rich history stretching back to the 1600s when it was established by settlers from England. Politically, Yarmouth Port leans slightly Democratic. The Town Council is composed of seven members elected every two years who are responsible for establishing local law and policies. Most recently, incumbents Sarah Peake and Randy Hunt were reelected for another term in November 2018. Local political issues typically include school funding, zoning regulations, economic development, public safety, conservation efforts and more. All these issues are handled by the Town Council with concerned citizens input through hearings and other methods.
The political climate in Zip 02675 (Yarmouth Port, 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 02675 (Yarmouth Port, MA) is somewhat liberal.
Yarmouth Port, 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.
Yarmouth Port, 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 02675 (Yarmouth Port)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,214 contributions totaling $68,561 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $56 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 126 contributions totaling $15,253 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $121 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)