Manchester-by-the-Sea, MA is a small town in the greater Boston area with a population of just over 5,000 people. The town has many active and involved citizens who are passionate about local politics and making sure their voices are heard. The town elects its own Mayor and Town Council to ensure that the townspeople's interests are represented at the local level. The Town Council works hard to make sure that Manchester-by-the-Sea remains a safe and vibrant community for all of its residents. Local political candidates run for office each year, offering their ideas on how to best serve their constituents and improve the community as a whole. With passionate citizens engaging with local politics, Manchester-by-the Sea is able to maintain its small town charm while taking steps towards progress and growth.
The political climate in Manchester-by-the-Sea, 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
Manchester-by-the-Sea, 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.
Manchester-by-the-Sea, 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 Manchester-by-the-Sea, MA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,849 contributions totaling $1,192,207 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $418 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 202 contributions totaling $301,496 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,493 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)