Hamilton, MA is a small town located in Essex County, Massachusetts. It is home to a diverse population of approximately 7,764 people according to the U.S. census data from 2020. Despite its size, Hamilton has an active political scene with numerous local candidacies each year for a variety of positions at the state and county level. There are currently two representatives that serve the town in the Massachusetts House of Representatives; John F. Lawn Jr., a Republican and Daniel J. Ryan, a Democrat. At the county level, Hamilton is represented by County Commissioner Arthur Vigeant and State Senator Bruce Tarr from the First Essex District. Local elections are held annually on Town Meeting Day to elect local officials such as Selectmen, Assessors, Moderators and School Committee members who oversee the day-to-day operations of town government and services such as public safety and schools. These local elections provide citizens with an important opportunity to have their voices heard and to shape the direction of their community.
The political climate in Hamilton, 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
Hamilton, 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.
Hamilton, 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 Hamilton, MA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,998 contributions totaling $262,808 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $88 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 406 contributions totaling $94,317 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $232 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)