South Lancaster, MA is a small rural community located in Worcester County. The town is largely rural, with a population of just over 3,000 people. While the town may be small, politics still play an important role in the local government. In South Lancaster, the residents hold elections every year to choose representatives for both the Town Council and the School Board. This ensures that the citizens have a say in how their taxes are spent and how their public services are managed. Additionally, the Town Council works to ensure that everyday life is made easier for all of its residents by passing legislation related to zoning and land use regulations as well as other municipal issues. These elected officials strive to provide the best possible representation for their constituents while advocating for policies that benefit South Lancaster as a whole.
The political climate in South Lancaster, MA is leaning liberal.
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
South Lancaster, MA is leaning liberal.
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.
South Lancaster, 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 South Lancaster, MA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 372 contributions totaling $39,351 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $106 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 288 contributions totaling $15,812 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $55 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)