The city of Worcester, MA is located in the Metro Area and is home to over 184,000 residents. It has a long history of political activism and has seen a number of prominent politicians from its local area. The primary political party in Worcester is the Democratic Party and many of the key political issues for the city center around social justice. Local candidates have been attempting to address issues such as poverty, police reform, education reform, gun control, climate change mitigation and health care access. With its strong democratic tradition and politically engaged population, Worcester is sure to remain a source for great political conversation and meaningful change for years to come.
The political climate in Worcester Metro Area is somewhat liberal.
In Worcester Metro Area 56.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 41.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the Worcester metro area remained very strongly Democratic, 56.3% to 41.1%.
The Worcester metro area voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Worcester Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Worcester, 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 four elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Worcester Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 47,763 contributions totaling $3,944,069 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $83 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 6,202 contributions totaling $1,612,591 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $260 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)