The city of Wakefield, Massachusetts is located in Middlesex County and is part of the Greater Boston Area. Wakefield is a small city with a population of around 25,000 people. It has an active local government that focuses on providing essential services to the community while promoting economic development and enhancing the quality of life for its residents. Local politicians are focused on improving public safety, maintaining infrastructure, encouraging civic engagement and tackling climate change. Recent initiatives have included investments in clean energy sources like solar power, bringing more green spaces to neighborhoods, and expanding public transportation options. Wakefield's politicians also work hard to ensure equitable access to education by advocating for increased funding for schools and support of programs that provide access to higher education for all students.
The political climate in Wakefield, MA is moderately 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
Wakefield, MA is moderately 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.
Wakefield, 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 Wakefield, MA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,627 contributions totaling $730,828 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $158 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 508 contributions totaling $1,500,228 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $2,953 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)