Lowell, MA 01851 is located in Middlesex County and is part of the 6th Congressional District of Massachusetts. Politically, Lowell typically leans Democratic with the majority of its residents supporting progressive candidates and policies. The city is represented by Member of Congress Lori Trahan, who won her seat in 2018 after a special election to succeed Niki Tsongas. At the state level, there are three main representatives from 01851 Lowell: Senator Edward Kennedy Jr., Senator Jamie Eldridge, and Representative David Nangle. All three are Democrats who advocate for progressive initiatives such as raising the minimum wage, addressing climate change, and expanding access to healthcare. The city is also home to many local initiatives aimed at building community ties across party lines and ensuring that all citizens have access to resources they need.
The political climate in Zip 01851 (Lowell, MA) is strongly liberal.
Middlesex County, MA is very liberal. In Middlesex County, MA 71.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 26.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Middlesex county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 71.5% to 26.3%.
Middlesex county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 01851 (Lowell, MA) is strongly liberal.
Lowell, Massachusetts is strongly liberal.
Middlesex 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.
Lowell, 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 01851 (Lowell)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 738 contributions totaling $108,230 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $147 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 41 contributions totaling $25,480 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $621 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)