Rockport, MA is a small town located on the North Shore of Massachusetts. It has a population of just over 4,000 people and is home to a vibrant community. The town is served by the Rockport Town Meeting which elects six select board members and a moderator for three-year terms. Local elections are held every year at Town Meeting where citizens can choose to vote for the candidates that best serve their interests. The election process in Rockport is highly competitive as candidates must be approved by voters in order to be elected into office, and many local residents take part in campaigning and voting. The town also has a strong sense of civic engagement with many residents actively involved in the political process. From attending Town Meetings to advocating for their interests at the local level, Rockport residents are passionate about participating in the democratic process.
The political climate in Zip 01966 (Rockport, 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 01966 (Rockport, MA) is moderately liberal.
Rockport, 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.
Rockport, 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 01966 (Rockport)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,503 contributions totaling $313,918 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $125 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 102 contributions totaling $87,047 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $853 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)