Burlington, MA is a town located in Middlesex County, Massachusetts with a population of 24,498 according to the 2018 U.S. census. The local political scene in Burlington is represented by the members of the Board of Selectmen and Town Meeting Members who work together to ensure that the town's needs are met. In addition, Burlington's state representatives contribute towards making policy decisions that affect the entire town. These representatives include Mike Connolly, Rep. Dave Rogers, and Sen. Patricia Jehlen and are all dedicated to promoting policies that benefit their constituents. Overall, Burlington residents enthusiastically participate in local politics and are devoted in their efforts to ensure that their community is represented on all levels of government.
The political climate in Burlington, MA is moderately 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
Burlington, MA is moderately 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.
Burlington, 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 Burlington, MA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 6,833 contributions totaling $579,818 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $85 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 696 contributions totaling $114,297 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $164 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)