Millbury, MA is a small, rural town located in Worcester County in the state of Massachusetts. Politically, Millbury is part of the state’s 14th Middlesex District and is represented by State Representative James O’Day. Rep. O’Day has served as a Democratic member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives since 2011. He focuses on issues such as health care, veterans' rights, education and jobs. Additionally, Millbury is served by Senator Michael Moore who was first elected to the Massachusetts Senate in 2011. Sen. Moore focuses on economic development, public safety, energy and environmental issues. Local town politics are managed through the Board of Selectmen which consists of five members serving three-year terms. The board oversees several departments including Finance and Assessing, Planning Board, Building and Grounds Maintenance and Public Works Department among others. The Town Manager is responsible for implementing policies set forth by the Board of Selectmen while managing all aspects of government operations from budgeting to personnel management.
The political climate in Millbury, MA is leaning 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
Millbury, MA is leaning 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.
Millbury, 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 Millbury, MA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 904 contributions totaling $78,221 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $87 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 231 contributions totaling $27,333 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $118 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)