Wenham, MA is a small town in Essex County, Massachusetts with a population of about 4,000 people. Despite its size, Wenham holds the distinction of having an active political environment. Local elections often draw a high degree of interest from residents who are passionate and engaged in their community. Candidates running for municipal office have diverse backgrounds and bring a wide variety of ideas to the table when it comes to local issues. Recent years have seen candidates elected from both major parties, as well as independent candidates who are committed to representing their constituents and making positive change to their town. Through discussion, debate, and collaboration, Wenham’s residents seek to ensure that their local government accurately reflects their needs and values.
The political climate in Wenham, 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
Wenham, 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.
Wenham, 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 Wenham, MA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,590 contributions totaling $181,610 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $114 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 212 contributions totaling $24,650 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $116 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)