Bedford, MA, located in Middlesex County, is a town of approximately 13,000 residents. The town has several civic organizations and political groups that are actively involved in local politics. Bedford is governed by an open Town Meeting form of government with a five-member Board of Selectmen who are responsible for proposing legislation to the Town Meeting. The Town Meeting is made up of elected representatives from each of the 12 precincts in Bedford and operates on an annual basis to set policies and the municipal budget. Additionally, Bedford has its own police force and a full-time fire department. The community takes pride in their hometown and local politics often reflects this sentiment through support for projects such as upkeep of historic sites, school system funding initiatives, and other community enhancements.
The political climate in Zip 01730 (Bedford, MA) is strongly 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
Zip 01730 (Bedford, MA) is strongly liberal.
Bedford, Massachusetts is strongly 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.
Bedford, 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 01730 (Bedford)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5,079 contributions totaling $456,392 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $90 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 361 contributions totaling $79,905 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $221 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)