Lynn, MA is a historically diverse and politically engaged city located in the northeastern United States. The city is known for its active local politics, with a democratically-controlled City Council that works to ensure all residents have access to services and opportunities. The City Council includes representatives from each of the many different neighborhoods throughout Lynn, giving a wide range of voices an opportunity to be heard. In addition to this, there are various community organizations and initiatives that work to bring people together and address local issues. With its unique culture, Lynn has proven itself as an important player in Massachusetts politics.
The political climate in Lynn, 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
Lynn, 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.
Lynn, 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 Lynn, MA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 7,462 contributions totaling $801,583 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $107 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 939 contributions totaling $1,558,064 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,659 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)