The town of Plainfield, MA is a small rural town located in the Pioneer Valley of western Massachusetts. It is home to a population of about 2,000 people who are mainly involved in farming and agricultural activities. Although Plainfield is a small town, it boasts a robust local political structure with multiple elected officials who act on behalf of its citizens. The current state representative for the district including Plainfield is John Scibak, who has served in this role since 2013. The current representative for the town's state senate district is Adam Hinds, who was elected in 2018. In addition, there are two local Selectboard members who meet monthly to discuss issues relevant to the residents of Plainfield and make decisions that impact their quality of life. Overall, Plainfield's local politics are incredibly important for maintaining community values and upholding civic responsibilities throughout the region.
The political climate in Plainfield, MA is somewhat liberal.
Hampshire County, MA is very liberal. In Hampshire County, MA 72.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 25.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hampshire county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 72.1% to 25.4%.
Hampshire county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Plainfield, MA is somewhat liberal.
Hampshire County, Massachusetts is very 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.
Plainfield, 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 Plainfield, MA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 611 contributions totaling $27,640 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $45 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 11 contributions totaling $6,179 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $562 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)