Newton, MA is located in Middlesex County and has a population of approximately 88,000. It is an affluent suburb of Boston and consists of 13 villages. Newton's political representation includes Congressman Joe Kennedy III, State Senator Cynthia Stone Creem, Representative Ruth Balser, State Senator Mike Barrett and Representative Kay Khan. The city typically votes democrat at the local, state and federal levels. There have been many initiatives to promote green energy in Newton as well as other progressive causes such as education reform and gun safety legislation. Local elections are held every two years and campaign finance laws are strictly enforced in the city. Overall, Newton is an engaged community that takes part in all levels of politics from local to state to federal elections.
The political climate in Zip 02462 (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 02462 (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 02462 (Newton)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,896 contributions totaling $360,554 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $74 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 18 contributions totaling $7,281 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $405 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)