Lincoln, MA is a small town located in Middlesex County and is part of the Greater Boston metropolitan area. The town has a population of 6,532 people according to the 2010 US Census. The local government is run by an elected Board of Selectmen who are responsible for making decisions on behalf of the community. The current members of the Board of Selectmen are Chair Peter Boland, Vice-Chair Mark Bodanza, and Secretary John Anthony Donohue. Local elections are held every spring and residents can vote for their preferred candidate for each seat on the board. Lincoln also has a representative Town Meeting that meets twice a year to consider zoning changes, tax increases, and other matters that affect its citizens. In addition to this, there are numerous committees appointed by the Board of Selectmen that look at various issues such as economic development, parks and recreation, transportation, and planning & development. Through these committees’ work over the past few years, Lincoln has seen improvements in its infrastructure and quality of life that have been greatly appreciated by its residents.
The political climate in Lincoln, 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
Lincoln, 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.
Lincoln, 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 Lincoln, MA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 12,271 contributions totaling $1,965,165 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $160 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,060 contributions totaling $319,329 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $301 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)