Lynn, MA is located in Essex county and is home to a population of approximately 95,000 people. It is an important part of the Greater Boston Area and has had a strong political presence for many years. The city has been represented by both Democrats and Republicans in different levels of government, including representatives in the House of Representatives and the State Senate. Recently, Lynn has seen an increase in civic engagement and voter-turnout as citizens become more involved in local politics. There have been several local political candidates who have been elected to office over the past few years, such as Seth Moulton who was elected to represent Massachusetts’s 6th Congressional District. Overall, Lynn has a thriving political culture that continues to grow and evolve over time.
The political climate in Zip 01905 (Lynn, 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 01905 (Lynn, MA) is strongly liberal.
Lynn, 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.
Lynn, 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 01905 (Lynn)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,598 contributions totaling $43,947 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $28 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 42 contributions totaling $22,324 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $532 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)