Swampscott, MA 01907 is a small community located on the North Shore of Massachusetts. The city is managed by a Board of Selectmen and Town Manager that oversee all local affairs. Swampscott residents elect five members to the Board of Selectmen for three-year terms and have the opportunity to vote on annual town meetings. The Board works closely with the Town Manager in order to manage the day-to-day operations of the town such as providing public safety services, overseeing municipal budgets, and managing infrastructure projects. Additionally, residents in Swampscott have the opportunity to participate in their local government by attending meetings or submitting comments online for consideration concerning any current matters before the board. Local politics in Swampscott are focused on keeping taxes low while ensuring that essential services are provided for residents and businesses alike.
The political climate in Zip 01907 (Swampscott, MA) is moderately liberal.
Essex County, MA is strongly liberal. In Essex County, MA 63.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 34.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Essex county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 63.4% to 34.4%.
Essex county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 01907 (Swampscott, MA) is moderately liberal.
Swampscott, Massachusetts is moderately liberal.
Essex County, Massachusetts is strongly 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.
Swampscott, 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 01907 (Swampscott)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,527 contributions totaling $442,070 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $175 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 172 contributions totaling $145,478 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $846 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)