Sturbridge, MA is located in Worcester County and is home to many passionate citizens. The town’s local government works hard to ensure that the community stays safe and active, with a focus on providing quality services for the people who live there. Sturbridge has many different political organizations and events in which citizens can participate, both by attending meetings and rallies as well as voting on any upcoming initiatives or legislation. Politicians at all levels of government have been known to visit the town in order to discuss their policies or listen to the voices of those who reside there. Residents are also able to take part in caucus meetings and other activities hosted by their local representatives and senators, as well as work together to support causes they believe in. Overall, residents of Sturbridge are proud of their local political scene where everyone’s voice matters.
The political climate in Sturbridge, 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
Sturbridge, 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.
Sturbridge, 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 Sturbridge, MA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,820 contributions totaling $163,698 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $90 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 284 contributions totaling $98,377 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $346 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)