Danvers, MA is a small town located north of Boston with a population of around 27,000. It has a long history of politics and local involvement from its residents. The Town of Danvers is governed by an elected Board of Selectmen which consists of five members that serve three-year terms. The Board works together to make decisions on issues such as zoning, taxation, infrastructure improvements and public safety. Additionally, the town holds annual elections where residents decide on a town meeting representative and two selectmen who will serve in overseeing the town’s operations and decisions. Various other local offices are also up for election every two years including school committee members, library trustees, tree warden and more. These elected officials are critical in ensuring that Danvers remains a vibrant community with services that meet the needs of its citizens.
The political climate in Danvers, 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
Danvers, 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.
Danvers, 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 Danvers, MA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 814 contributions totaling $177,018 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $217 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 153 contributions totaling $34,096 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $223 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)