Conway, MA is a small town in Western Massachusetts. Its politics are strongly rooted in community values and the focus is on working together to move the town forward. Local elections are often focused on issues like making sure the town is safe and supporting small businesses. Town meetings are held every year to discuss local policies, budgets and other matters of importance to Conway's citizens. Candidates running for office must be able to demonstrate their commitment to serving their constituents and keeping Conway a vibrant place to live. Election turnouts are typically quite high as residents understand the importance of being involved in how their town government operates.
The political climate in Conway, 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
Conway, 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.
Conway, 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 Conway, MA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,861 contributions totaling $109,805 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $59 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 32 contributions totaling $3,898 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $122 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)