Watertown Town, MA is a vibrant community located in Middlesex County. With a population of 32,386 (as of 2019), Watertown is the 22nd largest town in Massachusetts and is considered part of the Greater Boston Area. It has its own Mayor-council government system, with a mayor and eight-member Board of Selectmen responsible for making and enforcing local laws. The local political candidates running for office this year include incumbent Mayor Stephen J. Consalvo, as well as councilors Robert Kiley, James B. Donahue III, Tom Larkin, Bob Nasca Jr., David Gately, Paul Sihvonen-Binder and Brendan Costello. All candidates are passionate about their commitment to the residents of Watertown, and will work hard to ensure that the town continues to be a great place to live and raise a family.
The political climate in Watertown Town, MA is strongly 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
Watertown Town, MA is strongly 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.
Watertown Town, 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 Watertown Town, MA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 7,887 contributions totaling $842,249 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $107 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 852 contributions totaling $160,499 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $188 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)