Stoneham, MA is a small town located in Middlesex County in the state of Massachusetts. It is known for its strong sense of community and civic involvement. While the town does not have a strong local political presence, it does have representatives at the state level from both major parties. The current representative for Stoneham in the Massachusetts House of Representatives is Representative Michael S. Day, who has served since 2011. At the state Senate level, Senator Jason M. Lewis currently represents Stoneham, and he has been serving since 2017. Residents of Stoneham take an active interest in politics at all levels and are well-informed about topics such as education, healthcare, transportation, and other issues that affect their daily lives. They participate in local forums to discuss their concerns and work together to make sure their voices are heard in government decisions.
The political climate in Zip 02180 (Stoneham, 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 02180 (Stoneham, MA) is strongly liberal.
Stoneham, 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.
Stoneham, 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 02180 (Stoneham)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,657 contributions totaling $118,817 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $72 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 144 contributions totaling $38,356 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $266 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)