Webster, MA is a small town in southeastern Massachusetts. Despite its size, it has an active political life. Members of the community are actively involved in local and regional issues that affect the town. The town has a three-member Board of Selectmen who are elected to serve four-year terms and vote on matters such as budgets, zoning regulations and infrastructure projects. Webster also elects Town Meeting Members who represent the town at the Annual Town Meeting. At these meetings, members discuss issues ranging from taxation to public services. The town also has several other elected boards such as the School Committee, Planning Board and Library Trustees that help guide Webster's growth and development. In addition, Webster also elects representatives to state and federal offices in order to bring local concerns to the larger political arena. All of these activities give citizens of Webster a voice in their government and ensure that their interests are taken into consideration when decisions are being made
The political climate in Webster, 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
Webster, 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.
Webster, 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 Webster, MA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 516 contributions totaling $35,946 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $70 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 154 contributions totaling $35,668 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $232 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)