Fairhaven, MA is a small town located in southeastern Massachusetts. Despite its modest size, the town has a rich history of political activity and is home to many local candidates for various offices. In recent years, Fairhaven has seen an increase in interest in politics amongst its residents, with many electing to become involved in their local government and participating in elections. As such, the town is home to a variety of candidates from both major parties running for positions ranging from mayor and city councilors to state representatives. With the influx of new ideas and energy into Fairhaven politics, citizens have become more engaged with the issues that affect their community and are more likely to take part in debates over important issues. Residents of Fairhaven can look forward to interesting times ahead as they engage in political discourse within their own community.
The political climate in Fairhaven, MA is leaning liberal.
Bristol County, MA is somewhat liberal. In Bristol County, MA 54.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 42.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Bristol county remained strongly Democratic, 54.9% to 42.9%.
Bristol county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Fairhaven, MA is leaning liberal.
Bristol County, Massachusetts is somewhat liberal.
Providence-Warwick Metro Area is moderately 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.
Fairhaven, 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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Fairhaven, MA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 824 contributions totaling $28,543 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $35 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 68 contributions totaling $9,294 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $137 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)