East Brookfield, MA is a small town located in Worcester County with an estimated population of just under 2,000 people. The town has a long history of independence and community involvement, which shows through in the local politics. Members of the East Brookfield Board of Selectmen are elected for three year terms by the citizens of the town. Each year, there is an election for two seats on the board and these candidates come from within the community. The Town Moderator is responsible for providing direction during town meetings and is elected at the annual town meeting in May. The Town Treasurer and Town Clerk are also appointed by voters on that same day. Additionally, East Brookfield has both a Republican Town Committee and a Democratic Town Committee that provide guidance to candidates across all political parties as they campaign for office. This strong sense of community involvement makes East Brookfield's politics unique among its peers in Massachusetts.
The political climate in East Brookfield, MA is leaning conservative.
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
East Brookfield, MA is leaning conservative.
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.
East Brookfield, 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 East Brookfield, MA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 20 contributions totaling $3,400 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $170 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 10 contributions totaling $270 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $27 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)