Brookline, MA is a vibrant and diverse community located in 02446. It is host to a wide range of political interests, from progressive to conservative. The town has an open primary system where all registered voters can participate in the selection of candidates for local office. In recent years, Brookline has seen a surge in progressive candidates who have focused on issues such as affordable housing, environmental protection, and access to quality education. On the other side of the aisle, some conservative candidates have also gained support for their views on limited government spending, fiscal responsibility and public safety. No matter your political leanings, it's clear that Brookline is an exciting place for politics!
The political climate in Zip 02446 (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 02446 (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 02446 (Brookline)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 19,841 contributions totaling $2,760,054 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $139 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 570 contributions totaling $195,989 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $344 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)