Lynnfield, MA (01940) is a small town located in Essex County in Massachusetts. Politically, Lynnfield is a predominantly Democratic town. During the 2016 Presidential Election, Lynnfield voted overwhelmingly for Hillary Clinton, with 73% of residents voting for her in the election. The current State Representative of Lynnfield is Paul Brodeur, who is a Democrat and has been serving since 2011. Additionally, the current State Senator for 01940 Lynnfield is Brendan P. Crighton, another Democrat who was elected in 2018. At the local level, Lynnfield residents are represented by Diane Mahon-Suozzi and Steven E. McGee Jr., who are both members of the Board of Selectmen; Diane Mahon-Suozzi was re-elected to serve as Chairwoman for 2020-2021. In 2021 Lynnfield will also be electing a Town Moderator to oversee town meetings and advocate on behalf of their constituents. Generally speaking, politics in 01940 Lynnfield are mainly focused around issues such as education, public safety, economic development and municipal services - all issues that are important to its citizens and local leaders alike.
The political climate in Zip 01940 (Lynnfield, 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
Zip 01940 (Lynnfield, MA) is moderately liberal.
Lynnfield, Massachusetts 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.
Lynnfield, 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 zip 01940 (Lynnfield)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 495 contributions totaling $147,105 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $297 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 275 contributions totaling $1,299,936 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $4,727 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)