North Adams, MA is a small city located in the northwest corner of Massachusetts. It has a population of around 13,500 people and is part of Berkshire County. North Adams is governed by an elected Mayor and City Council. The Mayor and City Council are responsible for making decisions that affect the city's residents and businesses. The city also elects representatives to the state legislature and Congress. Over the past few years, North Adams has seen an increase in investment from both individuals and businesses which has helped to improve infrastructure, create jobs, and revitalize neighborhoods. This has resulted in increased civic engagement as well as more opportunities for local political candidates to get involved in their community.
The political climate in North Adams, MA is moderately liberal.
Berkshire County, MA is very liberal. In Berkshire County, MA 72.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 25.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Berkshire county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 72.4% to 25.3%.
Berkshire county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
North Adams, MA is moderately liberal.
Berkshire County, Massachusetts is very liberal.
Pittsfield 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.
North Adams, 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 North Adams, MA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 444 contributions totaling $17,435 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $39 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 33 contributions totaling $1,300 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $39 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)