Wellesley, MA 02457 is a city of approximately 28,000 people located in Norfolk County. It is an affluent suburban town just west of Boston and has many parks, trails, golf courses, and other outdoor spaces to enjoy. In terms of politics in Wellesley, there are several local organizations that advocate for their respective causes and candidates. There is the Wellesley Democratic Town Committee (WDTC), which works actively to raise money for Democratic candidates running for office in the area. The Wellesley Republican Town Committee (WRTC) also works hard to get local Republican candidates elected into office. Additionally, there are a number of grassroots organizations that work with both political parties to ensure that all voices are heard in the political sphere in Wellesley. By engaging with all sides of the political spectrum in this way, it ensures that everyone's opinions are represented when it comes to making important decisions about who should lead their community.
The political climate in Zip 02457 (Wellesley, MA) is moderately 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 02457 (Wellesley, MA) is moderately liberal.
Wellesley, Massachusetts is moderately 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.
Wellesley, 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 02457 (Wellesley)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 16 contributions totaling $360 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $23 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1 contributions totaling $2,700 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $2,700 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)