Belchertown, MA is a small town located in western Massachusetts with a population of about 14,000 people. The town is governed by an open Town Meeting and is led by an elected Board of Selectmen. Each year the community votes for a Town Moderator to preside over the annual Town Meeting. Additionally, Belchertown is part of the Second Hampshire District which elects one representative to serve in the Massachusetts House of Representatives. Belchertown is also home to various committees that focus on local politics and community issues such as environmental protection, education and public safety. Citizens of Belchertown are actively engaged in the political process and there are many opportunities to get involved in local government projects and initiatives.
The political climate in Belchertown, 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
Belchertown, 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.
Belchertown, 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 Belchertown, MA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,654 contributions totaling $159,266 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $60 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 116 contributions totaling $15,354 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $132 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)