Belmont, MA 02478 is a small city located in Middlesex County. Belmont is known for its strong emphasis on education, businesses, and government. The City of Belmont has a government structure that includes an Executive Mayor, a Board of Aldermen, and several independent departments. The mayor and the board are elected every two years by the citizens of Belmont in order to represent their interests in local decision making. The Mayor is responsible for managing all aspects of the city’s operations, including budgeting, public safety, economic development and more. Meanwhile, the Board of Aldermen focuses on legislative matters such as taxation and land use planning. As an important part of the community, these elected officials are dedicated to providing sound guidance for future growth and prosperity in Belmont.
The political climate in Zip 02478 (Belmont, 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 02478 (Belmont, MA) is strongly liberal.
Belmont, 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.
Belmont, 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 02478 (Belmont)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 15,377 contributions totaling $3,341,547 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $217 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 614 contributions totaling $303,717 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $495 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)