Southwick, MA is a small town located in the southwestern part of the state. It is a rural community that has seen steady growth over the past several decades. While Southwick does not have its own political party, it does have many active citizens who are engaged and involved in local politics. Local elections often feature multiple candidates from different parties running for offices such as selectman, school committee, library trustee and many others. Citizens vote for their preferred candidate and choose what discussion points will be important when making decisions about how to move Southwick forward. Through these efforts, Southwick has a vibrant local government that works hard to ensure that all its citizens are heard and represented.
The political climate in Southwick, MA is leaning liberal.
Hampden County, MA is moderately liberal. In Hampden County, MA 57.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 40.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hampden county remained very strongly Democratic, 57.7% to 40.0%.
Hampden county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Southwick, MA is leaning liberal.
Hampden County, Massachusetts is moderately 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.
Southwick, 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 Southwick, MA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 291 contributions totaling $40,159 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $138 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 132 contributions totaling $17,269 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $131 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)