Andover, MA is a town located in Essex County with a population of 34,000. The town has been actively involved in politics for many years and it is home to a number of local political candidates. It has two representatives at the State House: Brad Hill (R) and James Lyons (R). At the federal level, Andover is part of John Tierney's 6th Congressional District. The town is also served by State Senator Barbara L'Italien (D) and Representative Jim Kelcourse (R). The local government is led by Mayor William Manzi III, who was elected in 2017 as the first mayor since the mayoral system was changed from an appointed position to an elected office. The Town Council consists of seven members who are each elected to serve overlapping three-year terms. There are also Town Meeting members who are elected every year to represent Andover's nine precincts. In Andover, politics are important and candidates are eager to make their voices heard in order to address the needs and concerns of their constituents.
The political climate in Zip 01810 (Andover, 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 01810 (Andover, MA) is moderately liberal.
Andover, 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.
Andover, 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 01810 (Andover)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 6,463 contributions totaling $1,281,136 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $198 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 655 contributions totaling $410,755 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $627 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)