Boston, MA 02163 is located in Suffolk County and is represented by a number of local political candidates. The county is currently represented in the US House of Representatives by U.S. Rep Ayanna Pressley, who holds the congressional district for Massachusetts’ 7th District. At the state level, Boston is served by State Senator Sonia Chang-Díaz, and State Representatives Liz Miranda and Jeffrey Sánchez. The Mayor of Boston is Martin J. Walsh, with Kim Janey serving as acting mayor following his resignation in March 2021 due to a federal investigation. On the city council there are 13 elected members who represent each of Boston's neighborhoods and serve 4 year terms. They work together to develop legislation that affects all aspects of life within the city limits, from public services, affordable housing initiatives, public safety measures and more. Overall, Boston has a diverse set of political representatives that strive to ensure their constituents have their voices heard at both the state and national levels.
The political climate in Zip 02163 (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 02163 (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 02163 (Boston)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 27 contributions totaling $16,700 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $619 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 4 contributions totaling $6,724 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,681 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)