The politics in 01970 Salem, MA are driven by its citizens who take part in active political discourse to shape the policies that affect their community. Residents of Salem have embraced grassroots efforts such as town-hall meetings and organized protests to make their voices heard on issues such as taxation, infrastructure maintenance, public safety, and education. In 2020, local candidates running for office included incumbent State Representative Paul Tucker, Democrat; Robert McCarthy, Republican; and Lorraine Borowski on the Green-Rainbow ticket. Each candidate has a platform that reflects the values of the people of Salem and provides a vision for how they will lead the city into the future. Though the outcome of any election is unpredictable, it is clear that 01970 Salem’s residents will continue to actively participate in politics and advocate for their needs.
The political climate in Zip 01970 (Salem, 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 01970 (Salem, MA) is moderately liberal.
Salem, 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.
Salem, 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 01970 (Salem)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,628 contributions totaling $452,830 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $98 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 226 contributions totaling $29,947 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $133 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)