Haverhill, MA is a city located in Essex County with a current population of over 63,000 people. Despite its relatively small size, the city has numerous political figures and organizations that have made their mark in the Haverhill community. The mayor of Haverhill is James J. Fiorentini, and he currently serves alongside other members of the City Council to make important decisions about local policies and development. In addition to these elected officials, several other political organizations such as Haverhill Democratic City Committee, Haverhill Republican City Committee, and Haverhill Independents are all actively involved in promoting civic engagement in the town. With these groups’ help, citizens are able to learn more about the issues facing their city and stay informed about upcoming elections.
The political climate in Haverhill, MA is moderately 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
Haverhill, MA is moderately 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.
Haverhill, 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 Haverhill, MA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,856 contributions totaling $161,040 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $56 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 304 contributions totaling $73,242 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $241 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)