Westhampton, MA is a small town located in the northwest corner of Massachusetts. Politically, the town is a strongly Democratic stronghold with the majority of its residents voting for Democratic candidates in local and national elections. The town has been represented in both the state House of Representatives and Senate by Democrats since its incorporation in 1817. In addition, Westhampton has had several mayors from the Democratic party over the years. Local politics often center around issues such as education reform, infrastructure improvements, and environmental conservation. Citizens are committed to finding solutions to problems that affect their community and ensuring that everyone is heard through their elected representatives.
The political climate in Westhampton, MA is somewhat liberal.
Hampshire County, MA is very liberal. In Hampshire County, MA 72.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 25.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hampshire county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 72.1% to 25.4%.
Hampshire county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Westhampton, MA is somewhat liberal.
Hampshire County, Massachusetts is very 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.
Westhampton, 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 Westhampton, MA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,497 contributions totaling $167,654 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $67 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 156 contributions totaling $17,288 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $111 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)