Topsfield, MA is a small town located in Essex County of Massachusetts with a population of around 6,400 people. Despite its small size, the politics in Topsfield are quite significant and have been an important part of the town’s culture. The town is part of the 5th Middlesex District and has two representatives in the Massachusetts House of Representatives; Brad Hill and Lenny Mirra. On the local level, Topsfield elects five selectmen to represent their interests in local government decisions. Additionally, there are several other elected officials such as board members for planning, conservation, finance and health who all play an important role in running the day-to-day operations of the town. All of these elected officials are crucial to helping shape Topsfield's future and making sure that it remains a great place to live.
The political climate in Topsfield, 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
Topsfield, 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.
Topsfield, 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 Topsfield, MA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,866 contributions totaling $482,272 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $258 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 532 contributions totaling $318,584 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $599 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)