Politics in Harwich Port, MA (02646) are largely focused on local initiatives and issues. The town is served by the Harwich Board of Selectmen, which includes five elected officials responsible for making policy decisions on behalf of the town's citizens. The board meets regularly to discuss topics ranging from road repair to zoning changes. Additionally, the town participates in various elections throughout the year including state and presidential elections. Residents may also take part in Town Meeting, an annual event where members of the community come together to vote on various items affecting local government such as budgets and capital projects. All residents are encouraged to become involved in politics and lend their voices to living in a vibrant community.
The political climate in Zip 02646 (Harwich Port, 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 02646 (Harwich Port, MA) is somewhat liberal.
Harwich Port, 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.
Harwich Port, 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 02646 (Harwich Port)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 418 contributions totaling $23,494 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $56 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 46 contributions totaling $9,655 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $210 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)