02116 Boston is the heart of a vibrant, culturally diverse city. The politics of this area are driven by the passions of citizens interested in making their community a better place to live and work. Local politicians are elected to represent the district in the state legislature and advocate for their constituents’ interests. The current representatives include Senator Sonia Chang-Diaz, Representative Liz Malia, and City Councilor Tito Jackson. Each is committed to working towards solutions to help make sure all members of 02116 have access to quality education, healthcare, and economic opportunities. Additionally, local organizations strive to ensure resident voices are heard and that their opinions are taken into account when it comes to decision-making related to public safety, housing development, transportation plans, and other issues facing the community.
The political climate in Zip 02116 (Boston, MA) is very liberal.
Suffolk County, MA is very liberal. In Suffolk County, MA 80.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 17.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Suffolk county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 80.6% to 17.5%.
Suffolk county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 02116 (Boston, MA) is very liberal.
Boston, Massachusetts is very liberal.
Suffolk 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.
Boston, 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 02116 (Boston)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 11,321 contributions totaling $11,691,073 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $1,033 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 840 contributions totaling $1,295,102 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,542 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)