Palmer Town, MA is a small town known for its friendly community atmosphere and peaceful living. The politics of the town are largely in line with the values of the people who call it home. The local government focuses on maintaining fiscal responsibility, providing quality services to residents, and protecting the environment. Local political candidates often run on platforms that focus on these core issues. Residents of Palmer Town take their civic duty seriously, as evidenced by the high voter turnout at elections both locally and nationally. They also actively participate in other civic activities such as volunteering with local nonprofits or attending town hall meetings. Together, these actions create an engaged and informed population that works together to keep Palmer Town a great place to live and raise a family.
The political climate in Palmer Town, MA is leaning liberal.
Hampden County, MA is moderately liberal. In Hampden County, MA 57.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 40.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hampden county remained very strongly Democratic, 57.7% to 40.0%.
Hampden county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Palmer Town, MA is leaning liberal.
Hampden County, Massachusetts is moderately 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.
Palmer 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 Palmer Town, MA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,707 contributions totaling $116,000 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $68 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 270 contributions totaling $41,531 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $154 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)