Gloucester, MA is an important city in the northeast of the United States that has a rich political history. Since the colonial era, Gloucester has had a local government comprised of elected officials that are responsible for representing the interests of its citizens. In recent years, many candidates have run for office and been successful in their campaigns to become mayors, city council members, and other elected officials. The current Mayor is Sefatia Romeo Theken who was elected in 2016. There are also multiple committees and boards of directors that focus on specific areas such as public safety or infrastructure development. With a growing population and population density, Gloucester's residents have access to many services and resources which make it an important center of political activity in Massachusetts.
The political climate in Gloucester, MA is somewhat liberal.
Essex County, MA is strongly liberal. In Essex County, MA 63.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 34.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Essex county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 63.4% to 34.4%.
Essex county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Gloucester, MA is somewhat liberal.
Essex County, Massachusetts is strongly 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.
Gloucester, 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 Gloucester, MA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 6,938 contributions totaling $666,399 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $96 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 449 contributions totaling $119,278 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $266 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)