Bridgewater, MA is a suburban town located just south of Boston within the state of Massachusetts. Politically, this area is largely dominated by the Democratic Party, with most city council members and state representatives being Democrats. Local political candidates from Bridgewater are often Democrats who have a strong record of advocating for issues important to the community such as public schools, public safety, and economic development. The residents of Bridgewater are encouraged to become involved in their local politics and support the politicians who they believe will make their community a better place to live.
The political climate in Zip 02324 (Bridgewater, MA) is somewhat liberal.
Plymouth County, MA is moderately liberal. In Plymouth County, MA 57.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 40.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Plymouth county remained very strongly Democratic, 57.5% to 40.2%.
Plymouth county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 02324 (Bridgewater, MA) is somewhat liberal.
Bridgewater, Massachusetts is somewhat liberal.
Plymouth County, Massachusetts is moderately 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.
Bridgewater, 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 02324 (Bridgewater)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,023 contributions totaling $65,796 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $64 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 114 contributions totaling $19,680 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $173 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)