Everett, MA is a city located in Middlesex County that has a population of 43,819 people according to the 2019 estimates. The City of Everett has a Mayor-Council form of government and operates on the Council-Manager form of municipal government. The current mayor is Carlo DeMaria Jr., who was first elected to office in 2011. The Everett City Council consists of nine members – eight Ward Councillors and one at-large Councillor. As such, local political candidates will vary depending upon which ward they are running in, as well as whether they are running for an at-large seat on the council. In addition to mayoral and council races, Everett residents also have the opportunity to vote for state representatives in their district as well as congressional representatives for their district. Overall, politics in Everett are strongly influenced by the large working-class population of the city and those elected often focus on issues concerning economic growth, job creation, public safety initiatives, and increasing access to affordable housing.
The political climate in Everett, 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
Everett, 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.
Everett, 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 Everett, MA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,456 contributions totaling $201,326 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $58 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 527 contributions totaling $47,280 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $90 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)