Auburn, MA is a small town located in Worcester County with a population of just over 16,000 people. The town has a long history of local politics with regularly held municipal elections and an active community involvement in the political process. In the past few years, some of the major issues discussed by local politicians have been a budget shortfall due to increased spending, public safety initiatives, and the school system. Issues such as these have made it essential for locals to remain engaged and informed when it comes to their town's politics. There have been multiple candidates that have put themselves forward for election in recent years, including current Mayor Michael Palmieri. He is an ardent champion for the people of Auburn and is dedicated to seeing the continued progress of the city through his leadership.
The political climate in Auburn, 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
Auburn, 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.
Auburn, 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 Auburn, MA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 849 contributions totaling $43,311 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $51 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 173 contributions totaling $38,904 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $225 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)