Southborough, MA is a small town located in Middlesex County. It is a vibrant community with many local businesses and amenities. Politically, Southborough is represented by an elected Board of Selectmen that are responsible for managing the town’s budget and overseeing development projects. In addition to the Board of Selectmen, there are also elected representatives from each of the precincts in town to serve on the Town Meeting. The Town Meeting meets annually to approve and fund town-wide initiatives and projects. Southborough's political climate centers around issues such as education, economic growth, public safety, and environmental protection. Residents of Southborough feel strongly about these topics and regularly attend Town Meetings to make their voices heard. Overall, Southborough has a long history of civic engagement when it comes to its politics which makes it an exciting place to live.
The political climate in Southborough, 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
Southborough, 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.
Southborough, 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 Southborough, MA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,386 contributions totaling $792,973 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $234 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 653 contributions totaling $591,981 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $907 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)