02126 Boston, MA is an area with a diverse political landscape. The majority of the population in 02126 identifies as Democratic, though there are a number of other parties represented as well. Local politics tend to focus on issues such as education, public safety, housing, and transportation. In recent years, local politicians have focused on increasing access to quality health care and creating more affordable housing in the area. The neighborhood has seen some election cycles where incumbents have held their seats while challengers from different parties have stepped up to bring fresh perspectives and ideas to the table. There has also been an increased effort to increase civic engagement and voter participation throughout the district by local political candidates.
The political climate in Zip 02126 (Boston, MA) is very liberal.
Suffolk County, MA is very liberal. In Suffolk County, MA 80.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 17.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Suffolk county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 80.6% to 17.5%.
Suffolk county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 02126 (Boston, MA) is very liberal.
Boston, Massachusetts is very liberal.
Suffolk 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.
Boston, 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 02126 (Boston)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 572 contributions totaling $33,411 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $58 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 16 contributions totaling $5,475 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $342 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)