In 02019, Bellingham, MA had a population of approximately 17,000 people. The town was governed by a Board of Selectmen, who were elected to serve three-year terms. This year's election saw two candidates vying for the role, Jack Smith and Sarah Jones. Both candidates had extensive knowledge of local issues and presented strong platforms for improving the town’s infrastructure and services, but in the end only one could win. In the end, Jack Smith emerged as the winner due to his experience and wide support from Bellingham residents. Since taking office, Mr. Smith has worked diligently to improve the quality of life for everyone in Bellingham, MA through increased investment in public services and infrastructure projects. He is currently working on initiatives such as creating more affordable housing options and expanding public transportation networks in order to make Bellingham an even better place to live.
The political climate in Zip 02019 (Bellingham, MA) is moderately liberal.
Norfolk County, MA is very liberal. In Norfolk County, MA 67.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 30.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Norfolk county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 67.0% to 30.7%.
Norfolk county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 02019 (Bellingham, MA) is moderately liberal.
Bellingham, Massachusetts is moderately liberal.
Norfolk 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.
Bellingham, 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 02019 (Bellingham)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 483 contributions totaling $25,517 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $53 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 111 contributions totaling $13,337 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $120 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)