Easthampton Town, MA is a vibrant and diverse community with a strong political presence. The town has an elected Board of Selectman that oversees the town's government. The Selectmen are responsible for introducing and approving local legislation as well as appropriating funds for the town's operations. The Town Manager implements the board's decisions and ensures that municipal services are running effectively. Easthampton also elects a Mayor who presides over all Town meetings. On a county level, Easthampton is represented in the Hampshire County Commission by its own two County Commissioners, who vote on countywide initiatives and represent Easthampton at regional meetings. On the state level, Easthampton is represented by two State Representatives and one State Senator who are committed to advocating for their constituents’ interests in Boston. All of these elected officials work together to ensure that Easthampton remains a safe, prosperous, and progressive community.
The political climate in Easthampton Town, MA is moderately liberal.
Hampshire County, MA is very liberal. In Hampshire County, MA 72.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 25.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hampshire county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 72.1% to 25.4%.
Hampshire county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Easthampton Town, MA is moderately liberal.
Hampshire County, Massachusetts is very liberal.
Springfield Metro Area is strongly 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.
Easthampton Town, 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 Easthampton Town, MA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,497 contributions totaling $167,654 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $67 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 156 contributions totaling $17,288 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $111 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)