The town of 02641 East Dennis, MA is a small community located on Cape Cod. It has a tight-knit political culture focused on preserving the town's traditional values and rural character. The local government is led by an elected board of selectmen, who are responsible for making decisions that affect the town and its inhabitants. Decisions made by the selectmen are subject to approval or disapproval by the townspeople in an annual Town Meeting, where citizens can learn more about their local representatives and express their opinions on matters of public policy. Local elections are held every two years to elect new selectmen, school committee members, and other officials who work on behalf of the community's interests. The town is also represented at the state level through its state senators and representatives in Congress. Overall, 02641 East Dennis provides a unique example of how politics can be designed to protect a small rural community while still allowing residents to have their voices heard through their elected representatives.
The political climate in Zip 02641 (East Dennis, 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 02641 (East Dennis, MA) is somewhat liberal.
East Dennis, 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.
East Dennis, 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 02641 (East Dennis)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 144 contributions totaling $7,778 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $54 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 39 contributions totaling $10,929 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $280 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)