The city of North Adams, MA 01247 is a small community with a population of just over 13,000 citizens. The city is divided into seven wards and each ward has its own elected Alderman who serves on the City Council. The Mayor of North Adams is Thomas Bernard, who was elected in 2017 and re-elected in 2021. In addition to the local government officials, residents also have the ability to participate in state and national politics. At the state level, the most prominent politician representing North Adams is Representative John Barrett III who serves as the Massachusetts State House Representative from the Third Berkshire District. Representing North Adams at the national level is Senator Elizabeth Warren who was elected to serve as a United States Senator from Massachusetts in 2013 and re-elected in 2018. Through these politicians, residents of North Adams are able to advocate for their interests both locally and nationally.
The political climate in Zip 01247 (North Adams, MA) is strongly liberal.
Berkshire County, MA is very liberal. In Berkshire County, MA 72.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 25.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Berkshire county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 72.4% to 25.3%.
Berkshire county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 01247 (North Adams, MA) is strongly liberal.
North Adams, Massachusetts is strongly liberal.
Berkshire County, Massachusetts is very liberal.
Pittsfield 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.
North Adams, 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 01247 (North Adams)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 444 contributions totaling $17,435 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $39 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 33 contributions totaling $1,300 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $39 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)