Marblehead, MA is a small town in the northeastern part of the United States. It has a long history of political involvement and has served as a launching point for many politicians over the years. The town is divided into two main areas—Marblehead Neck, which consists primarily of residential areas, and Downtown Marblehead, which houses much of the commercial area and City Hall. Marblehead residents are active in local politics, voting on local issues such as property taxes and public school funding. Residents also participate in state-wide elections by voting for representatives from Marblehead to serve in both the Massachusetts House of Representatives and Senate. Local political candidates for office typically come from groups within the community such as the League of Women Voters or Democratic Town Committee. Most recently, Marblehead residents have voted to support progressive initiatives such as universal healthcare and expanding access to renewable energy sources.
The political climate in Marblehead, MA is somewhat liberal.
Essex County, MA is strongly liberal. In Essex County, MA 63.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 34.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Essex county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 63.4% to 34.4%.
Essex county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Marblehead, MA is somewhat liberal.
Essex County, Massachusetts is strongly 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.
Marblehead, 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 Marblehead, MA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,863 contributions totaling $1,028,782 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $212 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 638 contributions totaling $380,133 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $596 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)