Newton, MA is a city with a rich political history. Over the years, it has been represented in many different levels of government, most notably at the federal level. At the federal level, Newton is part of Massachusetts' 5th congressional district and is represented by Katherine Clark. In addition to Katherine Clark, there are also state and local representatives that are elected from Newton. On the state level, Newton falls within both the 9th Norfolk District as well as Middlesex and Norfolk's 2nd Senate District. On the local level, Newton has an eleven-member Board of Aldermen who are responsible for enacting legislation at the city level. Additionally, there is a Mayoralty position which serves as executive and ceremonial head of Newton's government. The current Mayor of Newton is Ruthanne Fuller. All these elected officials work together to ensure that all citizens of Newton have access to the resources they need to thrive.
The political climate in Newton, 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
Newton, 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.
Newton, 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 Newton, MA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 70,490 contributions totaling $17,366,964 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $246 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,918 contributions totaling $3,632,460 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,245 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)