Melrose, MA is a city located in Middlesex County just northwest of Boston. It has a rich political history, and local politics play an important role in the city's governance. Political topics such as taxation, infrastructure development, public safety and education are discussed regularly at Melrose City Hall meetings. Local elections are held every two years to elect the Mayor and City Council members who represent their constituents. In addition to local politics, Melrose citizens often have strong opinions on state and federal issues such as healthcare reform and immigration. As a result, Melrose residents are actively engaged in the political process to ensure their voices are heard at all levels of government.
The political climate in Melrose, MA is moderately 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
Melrose, MA is moderately 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.
Melrose, 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 Melrose, MA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,949 contributions totaling $432,506 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $147 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 172 contributions totaling $69,892 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $406 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)