The small town of Boxford, MA 01921 is home to a tight-knit community of approximately 8,000 people. Politically, the town is generally considered to be moderate and leans slightly towards conservative values. In recent years, local elections have been mainly contested between Republican and Democratic candidates, with the Republicans typically winning by narrow margins. However, over the last few years, there has been an uptick in independent candidates running for local office as well. This has resulted in some lively debates and campaigns on issues such as education and taxes that are important to the citizens of Boxford. Over all, Boxford remains a relatively quiet town from a political standpoint but with more independent voices coming into play in recent years the competition for local offices is continuing to heat up.
The political climate in Zip 01921 (Boxford, MA) is somewhat liberal.
Essex County, MA is strongly liberal. In Essex County, MA 63.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 34.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Essex county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 63.4% to 34.4%.
Essex county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 01921 (Boxford, MA) is somewhat liberal.
Boxford, Massachusetts is somewhat liberal.
Essex County, Massachusetts is strongly 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.
Boxford, 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 01921 (Boxford)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,296 contributions totaling $231,421 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $179 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 159 contributions totaling $77,407 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $487 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)