The small town of South Ashburnham, MA is a quiet rural community located in the northwest corner of the state. The town government is managed by an elected board of selectmen and includes various committees for overseeing different aspects of civic life. Currently, the town is represented by several prominent local political figures such as Senator James E. Welch and Representative Stephen Kulik, who both serve on the House Ways and Means Committee. Although South Ashburnham does not have its own mayor or city council, residents still have a strong voice in local politics through their representatives at the State House and Senate. Community involvement is encouraged through events such as Town Meetings and other public forums where citizens can share their opinions on important issues affecting the town. As a result, South Ashburnham is vibrant with engaged citizens working to ensure that all voices are heard when it comes to local politics.
The political climate in South Ashburnham, 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
South Ashburnham, 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.
South Ashburnham, 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 Ashburnham, MA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 288 contributions totaling $31,268 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $109 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 10 contributions totaling $1,125 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $113 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)