Sagamore, Massachusetts is a small town of approximately 8,000 people located in Barnstable County. The town has a long history of political involvement and local leaders who are committed to making sure that the town's residents have access to quality representation on the state and national levels. In addition to having an active Town Meeting and Board of Selectmen, Sagamore also has an elected representative in the Massachusetts House of Representatives for its district. This representative works with other local representatives to ensure that Sagamore's interests are taken into consideration for all laws and policies proposed in the State Legislature. The town also has several important committees that review issues related to development, transportation, education, public safety, and other important matters before they are presented at Town Meeting or sent off for further review by state or federal agencies. With its commitment to community engagement and local politics, Sagamore is truly an exemplary example of participatory democracy.
The political climate in Zip 02562 (Sagamore, 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 02562 (Sagamore, MA) is somewhat liberal.
Sagamore, 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.
Sagamore, 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 02562 (Sagamore)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 90 contributions totaling $14,467 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $161 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 56 contributions totaling $27,902 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $498 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)