The city of Lawrence, MA, with a zip code of 01841, is a diverse and vibrant community. It is home to many different cultures, religions, and lifestyles. Politically speaking, the city has several elected representatives at the local, state, and federal levels of government. At the local level, residents are represented by Mayor Daniel Rivera and members of the City Council. Additionally, at the state level they are represented by Senator Barry Finegold and Representative Marcos Devers in the Massachusetts Senate and House of Representatives respectively. Finally, for federal representation the citizens of Lawrence have Congressman Seth Moulton representing them in Congress. All these officials work to ensure that Lawrence remains a safe and prosperous place for all its inhabitants.
The political climate in Zip 01841 (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 01841 (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 01841 (Lawrence)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 271 contributions totaling $43,228 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $160 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 33 contributions totaling $1,739 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $53 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)