Politics in 01930 Gloucester, MA are largely focused on issues that affect the local community. This includes funding for schools, infrastructure improvements, economic development, public safety, and the environment. Local political candidates prioritize these issues to ensure the town's residents have access to quality services and resources. Every election year, residents come out to vote for the candidate they believe will best serve their interests and work for a better future for Gloucester. With an engaged electorate and strong commitment from local leaders, it is clear that 01930 Gloucester has a vibrant political landscape.
The political climate in Zip 01930 (Gloucester, MA) is moderately 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 01930 (Gloucester, MA) is moderately liberal.
Gloucester, Massachusetts is moderately 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.
Gloucester, 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 01930 (Gloucester)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 6,938 contributions totaling $666,399 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $96 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 449 contributions totaling $119,278 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $266 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)