Southbridge Town, MA is an area with a proud and engaged political history. The town has a long heritage of involvement in local issues, from the abolition of slavery in the mid-1800s to modern discussions about affordable housing and economic development. In recent years, local leaders have worked to create a vibrant economy and foster civically engaged citizens. Local elections have been hotly contested with people from both sides of the aisle vying for seats on the town council and other offices. The town regularly hosts candidate forums and debates so that individuals can understand the issues at hand and make informed decisions when voting. Overall, Southbridge Town is an area where politics are important to its residents and they take their civic duty seriously.
The political climate in Southbridge Town, MA is somewhat 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
Southbridge Town, MA is somewhat 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.
Southbridge 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 Southbridge Town, MA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 481 contributions totaling $16,282 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $34 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 68 contributions totaling $27,161 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $399 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)