Lawrence, MA 01840 is a city located in Essex county, Massachusetts. It is a diverse community with a rich political history that dates back to the mid-1800s. The city of Lawrence is home to many grassroots organizations and public interest groups that are actively involved in promoting local issues. Local politics in Lawrence generally center around topics such as economic development, education, healthcare reform, and public safety. The city has an active government which works to ensure the best services for its citizens through a council/manager system of government. Each year the citizens of Lawrence also elect a mayor and nine members of the City Council to represent them at the state level. In addition to this, there are several local political candidates who run for office each year in order to provide their own unique perspectives on how best to serve the needs of their constituency. These candidates give Lawrence's electorate an opportunity to hear different ideas and form their own opinions before casting their ballots at election time.
The political climate in Zip 01840 (Lawrence, MA) is strongly 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 01840 (Lawrence, MA) is strongly liberal.
Lawrence, Massachusetts is strongly 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.
Lawrence, 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 01840 (Lawrence)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 118 contributions totaling $76,016 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $644 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 14 contributions totaling $1,648 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $118 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)