The politics in 02445 Brookline, MA are ever-evolving and highly contested. With elections occurring on a regular basis, residents have the opportunity to select their representation in local government. The campaigns for these positions are often spirited and hard fought, reflecting the diversity of opinions that exist among the local population. The city is quite progressive and socially conscious, with many advocating for environmental protections as well as social justice initiatives. Issues like affordable housing, public transportation, and education reform also continually come up in debates and discussions about the future of the city. Residents of 02445 Brookline actively engage with their elected officials to ensure that their voices are heard and taken into consideration when it comes to making decisions about the future of their community.
The political climate in Zip 02445 (Brookline, MA) is strongly 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 02445 (Brookline, MA) is strongly liberal.
Brookline, Massachusetts is strongly 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.
Brookline, 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 02445 (Brookline)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 15,000 contributions totaling $4,701,450 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $313 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 744 contributions totaling $1,483,029 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,993 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)