Ipswich, MA is a small town located in Northeastern Massachusetts. It is known for its unique coastal geography with many scenic parks and trails. Ipswich also has a strong sense of community and pride that encompasses the town and its citizens. Politically, Ipswich residents have traditionally been supportive of both local and national candidates from both major parties, typically voting along party lines on most issues. Locally, Ipswich has a Town Meeting system of governance that serves to ensure citizen participation in all major decisions pertaining to the town. This allows citizens to voice their opinions on matters such as budget allocations, zoning laws, infrastructure projects, and more. Additionally, there are several elected positions within the town government including selectmen, assessors, treasurer/collector, moderator, and school committee members who serve to represent the interests of the people of Ipswich at Town Hall meetings.
The political climate in Ipswich, 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
Ipswich, 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.
Ipswich, 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 Ipswich, MA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,580 contributions totaling $615,312 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $134 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 334 contributions totaling $118,690 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $355 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)