Holliston, MA is located in Middlesex County and is an affluent town with a population of over 14,000 citizens. It has a strong sense of community and values its local schools and businesses. The town is served by two state representatives, Carolyn Dykema and David Linsky, both of whom are Democrats. The town also elects five members to the Board of Selectmen who govern the town's affairs. Recently, there has been much debate about increasing taxes to fund public projects such as road improvement and school renovations. Despite this issue, the town remains supportive of its local political representatives and works hard to maintain a positive working relationship between citizens and government officials.
The political climate in Holliston, MA is somewhat liberal.
Middlesex County, MA is very liberal. In Middlesex County, MA 71.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 26.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Middlesex county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 71.5% to 26.3%.
Middlesex county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Holliston, MA is somewhat liberal.
Middlesex County, Massachusetts is very liberal.
Boston-Cambridge-Newton Metro Area 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.
Holliston, 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 Holliston, MA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,388 contributions totaling $92,473 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $67 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 102 contributions totaling $24,054 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $236 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)