Charlton, MA is a small town located in Worcester County. It is a tight-knit community with an estimated population of about 16,000 people. Politically speaking, it is mainly a conservative leaning area. Though there are no names of local political candidates available, the residents of Charlton typically lean towards Republican and Conservative ideologies on most key issues. The town has one elected town selectmen and many committees that govern the day-to-day operations of the community. Each committee acts as its own form of democracy, often taking votes to decide certain issues or making decisions based on public opinion expressed through meetings and public hearings. The town also participates in local elections for bigger state-wide offices such as governor, attorney general, and other positions. Despite being a small rural town, Charlton is well aware of the politics that affect their lives and remain actively involved in making sure their voices are heard during election season.
The political climate in Charlton, 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
Charlton, 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.
Charlton, 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 Charlton, MA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 824 contributions totaling $47,090 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $57 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 128 contributions totaling $13,484 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $105 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)