Barre, MA is a small town located in Worcester County and has a rich history of local politics. In the past few years, Barre's Town Meeting has made decisions on important local issues such as education, housing and transportation. While there are no current political candidates running for office in Barre, many residents have been involved in advocating for their desired changes through grassroots campaigns. Recently, residents have come together to fight for increased funding for local schools and greater access to affordable housing. Additionally, Barre citizens frequently work with their state legislators to advocate for more resources for public transportation and infrastructure improvements. With its strong sense of community and history of engaging in local politics, Barre remains an important part of the Massachusetts political landscape.
The political climate in Barre, MA is leaning conservative.
Worcester County, MA is moderately liberal. In Worcester County, MA 57.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 39.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Worcester county remained very strongly Democratic, 57.6% to 39.7%.
Worcester county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Barre, MA is leaning conservative.
Worcester County, Massachusetts is moderately liberal.
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.
Barre, 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 Barre, MA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 882 contributions totaling $30,610 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $35 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 48 contributions totaling $1,952 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $41 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)