Politics in 01951 Newbury, MA are vibrant and diverse. The town is run by an elected five-member Board of Selectmen who serve staggered three-year terms. Elected town officials also include a Town Moderator, Town Clerk, Town Treasurer/Tax Collector and Town Accountant. Additionally, there are eight elected members on the Board of Assessors who assess the value of all real estate in Newbury. The town participates in its local elections for state representatives every two years, allowing residents to voice their opinions on statewide matters such as education funding and health care reform. With a strong sense of citizenship and dedication to their community, Newbury encourages residents to get involved and participate in the democratic process.
The political climate in Zip 01951 (Newbury, MA) is moderately 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 01951 (Newbury, MA) is moderately liberal.
Newbury, Massachusetts is moderately 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.
Newbury, 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 01951 (Newbury)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,385 contributions totaling $117,830 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $85 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 53 contributions totaling $9,725 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $183 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)