The town of Sterling, MA is a small community situated in the heart of Central Massachusetts. It is a quiet and quaint town with an estimated population of less than 10,000 people. Despite its small size, Sterling is home to a vibrant political scene that engages citizens throughout the year. Local politics in Sterling revolve around issues such as education, public safety, and economic development. Residents have the opportunity to get involved in town government by attending meetings and participating in debates over important topics. Political candidates for local offices are chosen through elections held on the second Tuesday of each November. The local election process is open to all qualified voters who are interested in choosing their representatives to represent Sterling's interests at Town Hall.
The political climate in Sterling, 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
Sterling, 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.
Sterling, 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 Sterling, MA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 720 contributions totaling $42,180 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $59 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 146 contributions totaling $17,393 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $119 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)