Edgartown is a small town nestled in the southwestern corner of Massachusetts, and it has a vibrant political history. The town has been home to many important moments in American political history, including the first town meeting in 1671 and the election of Abigail Adams as Selectwoman of Edgartown in 1787. Today, Edgartown is governed by a three-member Board of Selectmen who are elected every two years. The town also elects representatives to represent them at the state level. Political candidates from both major parties can be found running for office each election year, as well as several independent candidates. Overall, Edgartown is an active and engaged community politically and its citizens take pride in their civic duty to participate in local politics.
The political climate in Zip 02539 (Edgartown, MA) is moderately liberal.
Dukes County, MA is very liberal. In Dukes County, MA 77.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 20.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Dukes county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 77.5% to 20.6%.
Dukes county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 02539 (Edgartown, MA) is moderately liberal.
Edgartown, Massachusetts is moderately liberal.
Dukes County, Massachusetts is very liberal.
Vineyard Haven 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.
Edgartown, 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 02539 (Edgartown)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,217 contributions totaling $200,020 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $164 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 77 contributions totaling $18,071 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $235 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)