Methuen Town, MA is a thriving city with a range of political leaders helping to shape its future. The mayor of Methuen is James P. Jajuga who has served in the position since 2008. He works closely with the City Council to make sure that all citizens have a voice in how the town’s resources are used. In addition, there are many other local elected officials who represent different areas of Methuen - from School Committees and Tax Assessors to State Representatives and Senators. These officials work hard to ensure that everyone in Methuen Town has access to good jobs, quality education, safe neighborhoods, and a vibrant community life. All these political leaders strive to create a better future for their constituents and help ensure that Methuen remains an attractive place to live.
The political climate in Methuen Town, 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
Methuen Town, 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.
Methuen Town, 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 Methuen Town, MA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,589 contributions totaling $158,362 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $61 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 244 contributions totaling $22,838 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $94 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)