Gardner, MA is a small city in the state of Massachusetts located within Worcester County. It has been an active political center since it was first established and continues to be today. The current Mayor of Gardner is Mark Hawke, who has held the office since 2006. The Gardner City Council consists of eleven members elected to staggered two-year terms, and serves as the legislative body for the city. They are responsible for setting policy and passing laws on behalf of the citizens. Other local political figures include State Rep. Jon Zlotnik, Representatives to the Massachusetts House of Representatives Stephan Hay and Natalie Higgins, as well as Representatives to the Massachusetts Senate Anne Gobi and Dean Tran. All of these representatives advocate for their constituents and work hard to ensure that Gardner remains a great place to live, work, and visit for all its citizens.
The political climate in Gardner, MA is somewhat 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
Gardner, MA is somewhat 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.
Gardner, 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 Gardner, MA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,123 contributions totaling $41,180 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $37 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 93 contributions totaling $11,332 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $122 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)