Colrain, MA is a small town in the northwestern corner of Massachusetts with a population of just over 1,000 people. It is a rural area that offers picturesque scenery and peaceful living for its residents. While Colrain is not known for its big city politics, it does have an active and dedicated local government to ensure that the needs of its citizens are met. The town is governed by elected officials who work hard to represent the best interests of their constituents. Colrain has no current local political candidates at this time as all positions are currently filled. However, citizens are encouraged to become involved in the local government through voting and attending open meetings to voice their opinions on important issues affecting the community.
The political climate in Colrain, MA is somewhat liberal.
Franklin County, MA is very liberal. In Franklin County, MA 70.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 26.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Franklin county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 70.7% to 26.4%.
Franklin county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Colrain, MA is somewhat liberal.
Franklin County, Massachusetts is very 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.
Colrain, 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 Colrain, MA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 517 contributions totaling $60,244 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $117 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 12 contributions totaling $1,370 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $114 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)