The city of Fall River, MA is currently governed by Mayor Paul Coogan and the City Council. The current political climate of Fall River has been vastly improved since Mayor Coogan was elected in 2018. His focus on creating economic opportunities through development projects and bringing new jobs to the area has enabled a marked improvement in the quality of life for many citizens of Fall River. In addition, he has also worked hard to create more transparency and open dialogue between the local government and its citizens, helping to ensure that everyone's concerns are heard and addressed. This commitment to an open dialogue between local government and its citizens has not only helped to improve the overall atmosphere within Fall River but it has also allowed for better decision making that benefits all residents.
The political climate in Fall River, MA is somewhat 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
Fall River, MA is somewhat 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.
Fall River, 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 Fall River, MA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,507 contributions totaling $224,045 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $89 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 566 contributions totaling $95,180 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $168 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)