Spencer, MA Voting


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Spencer, MA is a small town located in Worcester County. It has a rich history of political engagement and activism. Despite its small size, it has been an important part of Massachusetts' political process for decades. The local politics in Spencer are often focused on the local issues that affect residents directly such as economic development, education, public safety, transportation and other local matters. Residents have an active voice in choosing elected officials to represent them both locally and nationally by voting in elections for mayors, aldermen, selectpersons, town meeting members, state representatives and senators. The town also has numerous civic organizations which give citizens the opportunity to be involved with their community through volunteering opportunities and attending meetings. Citizens are passionate about making sure their voices are heard in the political process and strive to ensure that their concerns are addressed in a timely manner.

The political climate in Spencer, 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

Spencer, 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.

Spencer, 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 Spencer, MA

In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 242 contributions totaling $23,134 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $96 per contribution.

In the last 4 years, there were 98 contributions totaling $15,296 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $156 per contribution.

(source: Federal Election Commission)

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