Holyoke, MA is a vibrant city with a long history of politics and public service. Despite the fact that many communities across Massachusetts have seen their populations decline in recent years, Holyoke has managed to remain an important political hub in the region. The city has been represented in the Massachusetts General Court since 1672 and has elected numerous state representatives, senators, and mayors over the years. In addition to local races for Mayor and City Council, Holyoke also plays host to statewide elections as well as national primaries. With such a wide array of political offices on the ballot every year, Holyoke remains an important center of political activity throughout Massachusetts.
The political climate in Holyoke, MA is moderately liberal.
Hampden County, MA is moderately liberal. In Hampden County, MA 57.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 40.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hampden county remained very strongly Democratic, 57.7% to 40.0%.
Hampden county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Holyoke, MA is moderately liberal.
Hampden County, Massachusetts is moderately 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.
Holyoke, 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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Holyoke, MA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,382 contributions totaling $88,265 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $64 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 129 contributions totaling $17,570 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $136 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)