Belmont, MA is a thriving town situated in Middlesex County. Politically, the town is represented at the federal level by U.S. Representative Katherine Clark and Senators Elizabeth Warren and Ed Markey. At the state level, Belmont has two representatives to the Massachusetts House of Representatives - Dave Rogers and Sean Garballey. In addition to these elected officials, Belmont also has a Board of Selectmen, comprised of five members elected at-large by Belmont voters for three-year terms, which serves as the executive arm of the Town government. The board meets bi-weekly to discuss matters concerning the town's growth and development. As such, Belmont residents have access to a wide range of political resources that keep them informed on current issues facing their town while providing ample opportunity for civic engagement through local elections.
The political climate in Belmont, 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
Belmont, 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.
Belmont, 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 Belmont, MA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 69,870 contributions totaling $23,974,631 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $343 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,301 contributions totaling $1,005,448 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $437 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)