Hanscom AFB, MA is an important Air Force Base located in the state of Massachusetts. It is home to thousands of active duty personnel and their families, making it a vibrant military community. The politics in Hanscom AFB, MA are managed by the city of Bedford which has a strong commitment to supporting and maintaining the base through its elected officials. The city is represented at the state level by Senators Elizabeth Warren and Edward Markey, both Democrats, as well as Representatives Katherine Clark and Seth Moulton, who are also both Democrats. At the local level, there are several boards and committees that provide oversight for policy decisions related to Hanscom AFB, MA. These include the Hanscom Advisory Council (HAC), which was established in 2006 to address issues related to quality of life at the base; the Hanscom Quality of Life Committee (HQoL); and a Joint Land Use Study Committee formed between Bedford and Lincoln. All three committees meet regularly throughout the year to discuss issues impacting residents living near or on Hanscom AFB, MA.
The political climate in Hanscom AFB, MA is very liberal.
Middlesex County, MA is very liberal. In Middlesex County, MA 71.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 26.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Middlesex county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 71.5% to 26.3%.
Middlesex county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Hanscom AFB, MA is very liberal.
Middlesex County, Massachusetts is very liberal.
Boston-Cambridge-Newton 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.
Hanscom AFB, 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 Hanscom AFB, MA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 30 contributions totaling $1,183 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $39 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)