Bellingham, MA is a small town located just outside of Boston and has a population of 16,332 people. The town’s political landscape is largely dominated by members of the Democratic Party. The current mayor, John Pfeiffer, was elected in 2017 after serving as a city councilor and school committee member since 2009. He has held various meetings with local business owners and community members to discuss economic development initiatives. In addition, he works closely with the City Clerk to ensure that all official documents are properly filed and maintained. It is clear that Mayor Pfeiffer holds a strong commitment to the citizens of Bellingham and works hard to make it a great place to live for everyone.
The political climate in Bellingham, MA is somewhat liberal.
Norfolk County, MA is very liberal. In Norfolk County, MA 67.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 30.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Norfolk county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 67.0% to 30.7%.
Norfolk county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Bellingham, MA is somewhat liberal.
Norfolk 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.
Bellingham, 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 Bellingham, MA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 966 contributions totaling $51,034 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $53 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 222 contributions totaling $26,674 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $120 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)