Quincy, MA 02170 is a bustling city located in Norfolk County, just south of Boston. The local government of Quincy is governed by a mayor-council system, with Mayor Thomas Koch serving as the current leader since 2008. The city council consists of 8 members who represent the citizens in various neighborhoods and wards throughout the city. Each member has their own local agenda that they seek to accomplish while representing their constituents. In addition, Quincy holds regular municipal elections for mayoral, councilor, and school committee positions every two years on odd numbered years. Over the years, local politics has been focused largely on improving economic development and quality of life for the people of Quincy. This has included initiatives such as expanding public transportation options, increasing public safety measures, creating better parks and recreational spaces, and providing more affordable housing opportunities for residents.
The political climate in Zip 02170 (Quincy, MA) is strongly liberal.
Norfolk County, MA is very liberal. In Norfolk County, MA 67.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 30.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Norfolk county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 67.0% to 30.7%.
Norfolk county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 02170 (Quincy, MA) is strongly liberal.
Quincy, Massachusetts is strongly liberal.
Norfolk 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.
Quincy, 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 02170 (Quincy)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 903 contributions totaling $69,116 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $77 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 96 contributions totaling $52,429 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $546 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)