Peabody, MA is a small city located within Essex County. It is known for its thriving local economy, great schools, and tight knit cultural community. Politically, Peabody is primarily represented in the state legislature by Democrats. The current mayor of Peabody is Edward A. Bettencourt Jr., who has been in office since 2014. In the past few years, Bettencourt has worked to reduce taxes and increase public safety measures in the city. Additionally, he has focused on making sure that all residents have access to quality education, healthcare services and opportunities for economic growth. Peabody also boasts a strong local political scene with many candidates running for office each year. These include those from both major parties as well as independents. As a result, citizens have plenty of options when it comes to choosing their representatives in government.
The political climate in Peabody, 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
Peabody, 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.
Peabody, 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 Peabody, MA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,953 contributions totaling $268,325 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $68 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 709 contributions totaling $1,629,524 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $2,298 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)