The town of Westborough, MA is a small yet vibrant community located in central Massachusetts. It has a rich history and a strong sense of civic pride. Citizens are engaged in the local political process and are active members of their community. Local elections are held each year to elect the mayor, board of selectmen, assessors, and other key local officials who make decisions that affect the lives of residents in Westborough. The town also works closely with state representatives and senators to ensure that issues important to Westborough citizens are addressed at the state level. Overall, politics in Westborough is an important part of life for many citizens and helps shape the future of the town.
The political climate in Westborough, MA is somewhat 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
Westborough, MA is somewhat 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.
Westborough, 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 Westborough, MA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,838 contributions totaling $252,050 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $89 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 462 contributions totaling $773,174 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,674 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)