The town of Hopkinton, MA has a long history of involved and engaged political participation. With an active local government, residents can get involved in the political process at a number of levels. The Board of Selectmen is the governing body that meets twice monthly to discuss issues affecting the community. They are elected by the citizens and serve three-year terms. The Town Moderator presides over all elections, town meetings and other open forums in Hopkinton. This position is also elected by residents for a three-year term. The town also has several other boards and committees that encourage citizen involvement in local politics such as an Energy Committee, Planning Board, Economic Development Committee, Community Preservation Committee, and more. As such, Hopkinton residents have many opportunities to participate in their local government on various levels.
The political climate in Hopkinton, 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
Hopkinton, 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.
Hopkinton, 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 Hopkinton, MA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,110 contributions totaling $225,822 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $107 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 324 contributions totaling $246,772 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $762 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)