Marlborough, MA is a small city located in Middlesex County and has a population of about 39,000 people. Politically, Marlborough is largely Democratic, with the majority of residents voting for Democratic candidates in recent elections. The mayor of Marlborough is Arthur Vigeant, who was first elected to office in 2012 as part of the Democratic Party. In addition to Mayor Vigeant, Marlborough also has two State Representatives, one representing the 5th Middlesex House District and another representing the 37th Middlesex House District. These representatives are: John Lawn from the 5th Middlesex House District and Danielle Gregoire from the 37th Middlesex House District. Both are Democrats. In terms of local government initiatives, Marlborough's City Council works hard to ensure that citizens have access to public services like public transportation and recreational activities while also keeping taxes low.
The political climate in Marlborough, 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
Marlborough, 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.
Marlborough, 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 Marlborough, MA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,769 contributions totaling $218,743 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $124 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 290 contributions totaling $60,218 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $208 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)