West Boylston, MA is a small town located in Worcester County. Despite its size, West Boylston is an active member of the local political scene. In recent years, West Boylston has seen an increase in civic engagement and voter turnout during local elections. The town elects a select board of three members who serve as the chief executive officers of the municipality and are responsible for setting policy and overseeing day-to-day operations. The board also approves the budget and tax rate each year. Additionally, there are elected representatives for state legislative districts that span West Boylston and other nearby towns such as Holden, Sterling, and Princeton. Each election cycle brings new political candidates vying for positions at both the municipal and state levels to represent the interests of West Boylston's citizens.
The political climate in West Boylston, 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
West Boylston, 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.
West Boylston, 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 West Boylston, MA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,244 contributions totaling $80,355 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $65 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 155 contributions totaling $10,050 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $65 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)