Billerica, MA is a town located in Middlesex County with a population of approximately 43,000 people. Billerica's politics are driven primarily by the Board of Selectmen and Town Meeting, which is made up of elected representatives from the town's nine precincts. The Board of Selectmen serve as the executive branch of government for the town and oversee various departments including Public Works, Finance and Housing. Town Meeting acts as the legislative body for the town, creating laws and determining budgets. Several major political issues in Billerica include education reform, economic development, public safety and infrastructure improvement. The town also has several local political candidates who are vying to represent Billerica in regional elections. These candidates come from a variety of backgrounds and represent different points of view on how to best address issues facing the community.
The political climate in Billerica, MA is somewhat liberal.
Middlesex County, MA is very liberal. In Middlesex County, MA 71.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 26.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Middlesex county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 71.5% to 26.3%.
Middlesex county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Billerica, MA is somewhat liberal.
Middlesex County, Massachusetts is very liberal.
Boston-Cambridge-Newton 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.
Billerica, 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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Billerica, MA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,440 contributions totaling $225,946 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $66 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 418 contributions totaling $56,125 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $134 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)