Newton, MA is a city located in Middlesex County with a population of roughly 88,817. The political landscape of Newton is highly active and engaged, with local elections occurring every year for mayor and district councilors. The current mayor is Ruthanne Fuller, who was first elected in 2015. She has served on the City Council since 2002 and was endorsed by the Democratic party to become mayor. Alongside her are 10 District Councilors who serve in various roles across the community. These include Jim Cote, Alison Leary, Emily Norton, Richard Blustein, Marc Laredo, Brian Yates, Jake Auchincloss, Bridget Fay-Somerville, Andrea Kelley and David Kalis. They have served since 2013 and make up the majority of Newton's legislative body. Local politics are an important part of the community as they provide citizens with an opportunity to contribute to their community and shape its future direction.
The political climate in Zip 02459 (Newton, 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 02459 (Newton, MA) is strongly liberal.
Newton, 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.
Newton, 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 02459 (Newton)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 13,196 contributions totaling $2,902,235 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $220 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 445 contributions totaling $215,453 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $484 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)