Merrimac, MA located in 01860 is a small New England town known for its rural charm and close-knit community. It is home to many local businesses, which have been kept afloat by the commitment of the residents and the support of local politicians. Among them are State Representative Thomas Golden, who has served Merrimac since 2007, and State Senator Diana DiZoglio, who was first elected in 2017. Both Representatives have worked together to ensure that Merrimac receives the resources it needs for its citizens while working to keep taxation low. They have also made an effort to bring new jobs into Merrimac while strengthening existing ones. Through their hard work, they have helped make Merrimac a great place to live and work.
The political climate in Zip 01860 (Merrimac, MA) is somewhat 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 01860 (Merrimac, MA) is somewhat liberal.
Merrimac, Massachusetts is somewhat 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.
Merrimac, 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 01860 (Merrimac)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 374 contributions totaling $22,284 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $60 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 82 contributions totaling $7,282 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $89 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)