Phillipston, MA is an unincorporated town located in Worcester County. It has a rich and diverse political landscape, and is home to several civic organizations that focus on representing the interests of its citizens. The town is represented in the Massachusetts House of Representatives by Susannah Whipps Lee and in the Massachusetts Senate by Anne Gobi. Both representatives strive to represent the needs of Phillipston residents on important issues, from education and public safety to economic development. Local elections also regularly take place in the town for various positions such as selectmen, school committee members, library trustees, and cemetery commissioners. The local elections are always well attended and highly contested, with passionate candidates vying for positions that will shape the future of Phillipston's government.
The political climate in Phillipston, MA is leaning conservative.
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
Phillipston, MA is leaning conservative.
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.
Phillipston, 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 Phillipston, MA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 405 contributions totaling $26,469 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $65 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 73 contributions totaling $8,781 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $120 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)