Editing Plymouth County, Massachusetts (section)

==Government and politics==

===Elected Officials===
Plymouth County is governed by three County Commissioners:<ref>[http://www.plymouthcountyma.gov Plymouth County official website]</ref>

Chairman Jared L. Valanzola ([[Republican Party (United States)|R]]-[[Plymouth, Massachusetts|Plymouth]]) <ref>[https://959watd.com/blog/2023/01/plymouth-county-commissioner-sandra-wright-sworn-in-hands-gavel-to-commissioner-jared-valanzola/ Plymouth County commissioner Sandra Wright sworn in] {{dead link|date=March 2023}}</ref>
''',''' Commissioner Sandra M. Wright ([[Republican Party (United States)|R]]-[[Bridgewater, Massachusetts|Bridgewater]]),
and Commissioner Gregory M. Hanley ([[Democratic Party (United States)|D]]-[[Abington, Massachusetts|Abington]])

Other county elected officials include Sheriff Joseph D. McDonald, Jr. ([[Republican Party (United States)|R]]-[[Kingston, Massachusetts|Kingston]]), District Attorney Timothy Cruz ([[Republican Party (United States)|R]]-[[Marshfield, Massachusetts|Marshfield]]), Treasurer Thomas J. O'Brien ([[Democratic Party (United States)|D]]-[[Plymouth, Massachusetts|Plymouth]]), Register of Deeds John R. Buckley, Jr. ([[Democratic Party (United States)|D]]-[[Scituate, Massachusetts|Scituate]]), Register of Probate Matthew McDonough ([[Democratic Party (United States)|D]]-[[Marshfield, Massachusetts|Marshfield]]), and Clerk of Courts Robert Creedon ([[Democratic Party (United States)|D]]-[[Brockton, Massachusetts|Brockton]])

===Presidential election results===
From the late 19th to the mid 20th centuries, Plymouth County was a Republican Party stronghold in presidential elections. From 1876 to 1988, only three Democrats carried the county: [[Lyndon Johnson]], [[Hubert Humphrey]], and [[Jimmy Carter]]. Since 1992, however, it has become solidly Democratic, though less so relative to other counties in the state. In [[2012 United States presidential election in Massachusetts|2012]], [[Mitt Romney]] lost the county by 4.2 points, the closest a Republican had come to winning a county in Massachusetts since 1988. However, it has become more Democratic afterwards, and in [[2020 United States presidential election|20 20]], [[Joe Biden]] carried the county by 17 points, the largest margin of victory for a Democrat since [[1996 United States presidential election in Massachusetts|1996]], only for [[Kamala Harris]] to carry it by only 9% four years later. At the state level, Plymouth County is more of a swing county and frequently splits its tickets in local and state elections.
{{PresHead|place=Plymouth County, Massachusetts|source=<ref>{{Cite web |last=Leip |first=David |title=Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections |url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS |website=uselectionatlas.org}}</ref>}}
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{{PresRow|2024|Democratic|133,544|159,962|6,623|Massachusetts}}
{{PresRow|2020|Democratic|121,227|173,630|6,959|Massachusetts}}
{{PresRow|2016|Democratic|115,369|135,513|20,295|Massachusetts}}
{{PresRow|2012|Democratic|121,086|131,845|3,600|Massachusetts}}
{{PresRow|2008|Democratic|112,904|131,817|5,096|Massachusetts}}
{{PresRow|2004|Democratic|105,603|125,178|2,516|Massachusetts}}
{{PresRow|2000|Democratic|82,751|115,376|13,450|Massachusetts}}
{{PresRow|1996|Democratic|64,626|106,072|23,313|Massachusetts}}
{{PresRow|1992|Democratic|69,514|79,160|59,036|Massachusetts}}
{{PresRow|1988|Republican|105,684|84,587|3,209|Massachusetts}}
{{PresRow|1984|Republican|105,230|68,923|618|Massachusetts}}
{{PresRow|1980|Republican|85,593|58,772|28,883|Massachusetts}}
{{PresRow|1976|Democratic|74,684|83,663|6,086|Massachusetts}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|76,062|69,124|878|Massachusetts}}
{{PresRow|1968|Democratic|54,644|67,771|5,562|Massachusetts}}
{{PresRow|1964|Democratic|37,941|82,007|387|Massachusetts}}
{{PresRow|1960|Republican|60,977|57,175|197|Massachusetts}}
{{PresRow|1956|Republican|75,575|30,377|209|Massachusetts}}
{{PresRow|1952|Republican|67,922|32,815|305|Massachusetts}}
{{PresRow|1948|Republican|48,925|34,765|1,456|Massachusetts}}
{{PresRow|1944|Republican|47,245|32,290|174|Massachusetts}}
{{PresRow|1940|Republican|48,617|34,481|508|Massachusetts}}
{{PresRow|1936|Republican|41,942|30,466|5,602|Massachusetts}}
{{PresRow|1932|Republican|37,729|26,137|1,878|Massachusetts}}
{{PresRow|1928|Republican|41,362|24,887|517|Massachusetts}}
{{PresRow|1924|Republican|34,728|8,863|6,764|Massachusetts}}
{{PresRow|1920|Republican|33,582|9,373|2,708|Massachusetts}}
{{PresRow|1916|Republican|13,515|11,009|1,228|Massachusetts}}
{{PresRow|1912|Progressive|5,590|6,991|11,072|Massachusetts}}
{{PresRow|1908|Republican|13,236|5,295|2,674|Massachusetts}}
{{PresRow|1904|Republican|12,671|5,746|2,392|Massachusetts}}
{{PresRow|1900|Republican|10,813|4,665|2,343|Massachusetts}}
{{PresRow|1896|Republican|13,405|3,396|716|Massachusetts}}
{{PresRow|1892|Republican|10,501|7,296|637|Massachusetts}}
{{PresRow|1888|Republican|9,366|6,086|618|Massachusetts}}
{{PresRow|1884|Republican|7,653|4,455|2,410|Massachusetts}}
{{PresRow|1880|Republican|8,942|4,659|355|Massachusetts}}
{{PresRow|1876|Republican|8,310|4,518|19|Massachusetts}}
{{PresRow|1872|Republican|7,012|2,013|0|Massachusetts}}
{{PresRow|1868|Republican|7,909|2,701|0|Massachusetts}}
{{PresRow|1864|Republican|7,610|2,512|0|Massachusetts}}
{{PresRow|1860|Republican|6,703|1,423|2,160|Massachusetts}}
{{PresRow|1856|Republican|7,228|1,772|1,496|Massachusetts}}
{{PresRow|1852|Whig|2,993|2,082|2,480|Massachusetts}}
{{PresRow|1848|Whig|3,569|1,848|3,188|Massachusetts}}
{{PresRow|1844|Whig|4,449|3,315|805|Massachusetts}}
{{PresRow|1840|Whig|5,065|3,548|114|Massachusetts}}
{{PresRow|1836|Whig|2,843|2,668|0|Massachusetts}}
{{PresRow|1832|Whig|1,857|797|1,406|Massachusetts}}
{{PresRow|1828|Whig|1,642|142|0|Massachusetts}}
{{PresRow|1824|Whig|2,169|306|0|Massachusetts}}
{{PresRow|1820|Whig|7,610|2,512|0|Massachusetts}}
{{PresRow|1812|Whig|2,912|1,614|0|Massachusetts}}
{{PresRow|1804|Whig|2,034|1,187|0|Massachusetts}}
{{end}}

===County seal===
The seal was adopted by the Plymouth County Commissioners on March 31, 1931, under the authority of the General Laws, Chapter 34, Section 14, and was designed by Frederic T. Bailey of North Scituate who was, at that time and for many years, chairman of the county commissioners.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Plymouth County Seals and Patches |url=https://www.pcsdma.org/seal.html}}</ref>

{| class=wikitable
! colspan = 6 | Voter registration and party enrollment as of October 17, 2018<ref>{{Cite web |title=Registration and Party Enrollment Statistics as of October 17, 2018 |url=https://www.sec.state.ma.us/ele/elepdf/enrollment_count_20181017.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190101051327/https://www.sec.state.ma.us/ele/elepdf/enrollment_count_20181017.pdf |archive-date=January 1, 2019 |access-date=January 23, 2019 |publisher=Massachusetts Elections Division}}</ref>
|-
! colspan = 2 | Party 
! Number of voters
! Percentage
|-
| {{party color cell|Democratic Party (United States)}}
| [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
| align = center | 93,571
| align = center | 25.91%
|-
| {{party color cell|Republican Party (United States)}}
| [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| align = center | 46,856
| align = center | 12.97%
|-
| {{party color cell|Independent Party (United States)}}
| Unenrolled
| align = center | 215,247
| align = center | 59.59%
|-
| {{party color cell|Libertarian Party (United States)}}
| Minor Parties
| align = center | 1,322
| align = center | 0.37%
|-
! colspan = 2 | Total
! align = center | 361,186
! align = center | 100%
|}