Berlin, MA is a small town rich in history and culture. It is located in Worcester County, in the east-central region of Massachusetts. As with other towns of similar size, Berlin has local politics that involve the town’s citizens, who elect representatives to serve on the Town Council and Board of Selectmen. Over the past few years, issues such as development and taxation have been at the top of the political agenda. The Town Council works to ensure that residents receive services that provide value for their money while also protecting natural resources and preserving the character of Berlin. Local elections are held every two years for various offices including Town Councilor, Town Treasurer, Town Clerk, Moderator and Selectman. Residents also participate in regional politics through representatives at state and federal levels who are elected from across Worcester County.
The political climate in Berlin, 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
Berlin, 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.
Berlin, 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 Berlin, MA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 324 contributions totaling $24,461 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $76 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 69 contributions totaling $11,009 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $160 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)