Nahant, MA is a small coastal town located just north of Boston. This picturesque community is steeped in history - having been incorporated in 1853. Despite its small size, Nahant is a politically active town with both local and state elections that take place every year. Local politics in Nahant are mainly focused on community issues such as taxes, education and public safety. The local government consists of an elected Board of Selectmen, whose members are responsible for setting policy and making decisions concerning the town's operations. Nahant also has a representative in the Massachusetts State House of Representatives who represents the town at the state level. In addition to local and state elections, citizens of Nahant may participate in national elections and vote for candidates running for office at all levels of government.
The political climate in Nahant, 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
Nahant, 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.
Nahant, 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 Nahant, MA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,212 contributions totaling $125,669 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $104 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 100 contributions totaling $16,021 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $160 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)