Granby, MA is small town located in Hampshire County. Although it is a small town, politics play an important role in the local community. Citizens of Granby are able to participate in various ways such as voting in local elections and attending town meetings. Granby also has its own Town Council, which is responsible for making decisions about the budget, appointing committees, and other matters related to the governance of the town. The Town Council consists of five members who are elected by citizens every two years. Each member serves a three-year term with one year overlapping another's term. Residents of Granby are also involved in state politics through their involvement with their representative or senator at the state level. Political issues that affect Granby include taxes, infrastructure improvements, environmental protection initiatives, and economic development projects. Through its participation in state and local politics, Granby works to ensure that its citizens have access to resources that help them continue to live healthy and prosperous lives.
The political climate in Granby, MA is somewhat liberal.
Hampshire County, MA is very liberal. In Hampshire County, MA 72.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 25.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hampshire county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 72.1% to 25.4%.
Hampshire county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Granby, MA is somewhat liberal.
Hampshire County, Massachusetts is very 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.
Granby, 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 Granby, MA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,151 contributions totaling $186,144 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $59 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 193 contributions totaling $50,783 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $263 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)