The town of Douglas, MA is a small town located in Worcester County with a population of approximately 8,400 people. Douglas has a long history of local politics that dates back to the founding of the town in 1715. The town is governed by a five-member Board of Selectmen and Town Meeting Members who are elected for three-year terms. The Board of Selectmen sets policy and appoints committees to advise them on issues ranging from public safety and education to economic development. The Town Meeting Members have the ultimate authority over the budget and taxation issues as well as other matters that are determined by referendum. Douglas also has its own police force which provides protection to its citizens and enforces state laws. Douglas is proud to have a strong sense of civic engagement among its residents who actively participate in local elections, attend Town Meetings, and volunteer their time for causes they care about.
The political climate in Douglas, 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
Douglas, 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.
Douglas, 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 Douglas, MA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 448 contributions totaling $18,840 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $42 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 76 contributions totaling $8,852 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $116 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)