The city of Northampton, MA 01060 is a vibrant community located in the state’s western region. It has long been a progressive city in the Pioneer Valley with strong footholds in many areas, including politics. In Northampton, politics are mainly focused on issues that affect people at a local level and range from affordable housing to education to infrastructure. Local politics are highly competitive with various candidates running for office each year. The most recent mayor was David J. Narkewicz, who held the position from 2011-2021. He was succeeded by current Mayor Jessie M. Adams who serves as an independent candidate and has pledged to strengthen the city's roads and sidewalks as well as its schools and public safety services. Additionally, all of the City Council members are elected by the people of Northampton every two years, so residents have ample opportunity to make their voices heard and have their opinions considered in decisions made by their representatives. With an ever-growing population and numerous local political candidates vying for office each year, Northampton continues to be an important player in Massachusetts politics.
The political climate in Zip 01060 (Northampton, MA) is strongly liberal.
Hampshire County, MA is very liberal. In Hampshire County, MA 72.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 25.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hampshire county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 72.1% to 25.4%.
Hampshire county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 01060 (Northampton, MA) is strongly liberal.
Northampton, Massachusetts is strongly liberal.
Hampshire County, Massachusetts is very liberal.
Springfield Metro Area is strongly 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.
Northampton, 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 01060 (Northampton)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 9,294 contributions totaling $763,261 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $82 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 166 contributions totaling $41,735 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $251 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)