Essex County, MA is a vibrant and diverse county with an active political environment. The county is home to numerous cities and towns, each of which have their own local politics. Local issues are discussed between community members, elected officials, and policy makers in order to come up with the best solutions for the residents of Essex County. On a larger scale, representatives from Essex County are active at both the state and federal levels, advocating for the best interests of their constituents. Overall, politics in Essex County are continuously evolving in response to current trends and events in order to ensure that residents receive the best services available to them.
The political climate in 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
Essex County, MA 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.
Essex, 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 Essex County, MA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 73,888 contributions totaling $10,347,550 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $140 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 7,781 contributions totaling $4,421,912 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $568 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)