Wellesley, MA, located in the 02481 zip code, is a small town of approximately 30,000 people. The town is governed by a five-member Board of Selectmen who are elected from the community and each serve three-year terms. The Board of Selectmen is responsible for overseeing all aspects of the town's government, including budgeting, taxation, and policy making. Wellesley also has a local Town Meeting which serves as the legislative body for the town. It is comprised of elected representatives from each precinct in Wellesley and meets annually to consider various resolutions and ordinances concerning the operation of the town. Furthermore, Wellesley residents are represented at both the state and federal levels as part of Massachusetts' 5th Congressional District in addition to Middlesex County in the Massachusetts House of Representatives. In short, politics play an important role in life in Wellesley's 02481 zip code.
The political climate in Zip 02481 (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 02481 (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 02481 (Wellesley)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,927 contributions totaling $2,959,326 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $601 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 791 contributions totaling $2,149,383 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $2,717 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)