Carlisle, MA is a small town in Middlesex County, located west of Boston. The town has a rich history and is known for its beautiful landscapes and picturesque views. When it comes to politics in Carlisle, the Town Meeting serves as the legislative body and makes decisions on budgetary appropriations, zoning bylaws and other matters of local government. There is also an elected Board of Selectman that is responsible for setting public policy and creating an annual budget based on input from the Finance Committee. Residents of Carlisle have the opportunity to get involved with local politics through voting in town-wide elections or attending Town Meeting to voice their opinions on important issues.
The political climate in Carlisle, 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
Carlisle, 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.
Carlisle, 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 Carlisle, MA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,792 contributions totaling $328,844 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $118 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 149 contributions totaling $61,077 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $410 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)