South Hadley, MA is a small town located in western Massachusetts. The town is home to around 17,000 people and is an active and vibrant community. Politically, South Hadley is represented by Rep. John Scibak of the 3rd Hampden District in the Massachusetts House of Representatives. He has been representing South Hadley since 2003 and has been a strong advocate for the people of South Hadley during his time in office. In addition to Rep. John Scibak, the town also elects a Board of Selectmen as well as Town Meeting Members to handle local issues that arise within the community. These elected officials are responsible for maintaining public safety, promoting economic development, and ensuring that all citizens have access to quality education and healthcare services. The politics in South Hadley are heavily based on local issues and concerns which ensures that local citizens are heard and their voices are respected when it comes to decision-making for the town's future.
The political climate in South Hadley, MA is moderately 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
South Hadley, MA is moderately 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.
South Hadley, 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 South Hadley, MA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,905 contributions totaling $163,760 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $56 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 123 contributions totaling $38,613 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $314 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)