In 02453 Waltham, MA, politics are a big part of the city. The city is represented in the Massachusetts House of Representatives and Senate by State Representative John Lawn and State Senator Cindy Creem. Local elections are held in November of each year for positions such as Mayor, City Councilors, School Committee Members, Board of Assessors, and Library Trustees. Residents have a variety of issues that they would like to see addressed by their representatives in office including educational funding, redevelopment projects, public transportation improvements, crime reduction initiatives and more. For those passionate about making a difference in their community through policy-making and civic engagement, Waltham is an ideal place to call home.
The political climate in Zip 02453 (Waltham, MA) is very 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 02453 (Waltham, MA) is very liberal.
Waltham, Massachusetts is very 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.
Waltham, 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 02453 (Waltham)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,758 contributions totaling $420,340 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $152 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 149 contributions totaling $43,373 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $291 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)