Wendell, MA is a small town located in Franklin County with a population of around 2,300 people. It has a long history as a rural community and has been protected by robust preservation efforts. The town is governed by an open Town Meeting form of government where local residents choose from among the citizens to serve on the Board of Selectmen each year. The town also elects representatives for state and federal offices such as Governor, US Senator, and member of Congress. The local politics in Wendell are largely focused on preserving its rural character while creating opportunities for economic growth through energy generation and tourism-related businesses. Residents are passionate about protecting their community’s natural beauty while also making sure that the town can prosper economically. They often disagree on how to balance these goals but work together to come up with solutions that benefit everyone.
The political climate in Wendell, MA is somewhat liberal.
Franklin County, MA is very liberal. In Franklin County, MA 70.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 26.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Franklin county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 70.7% to 26.4%.
Franklin county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Wendell, MA is somewhat liberal.
Franklin County, Massachusetts is very 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.
Wendell, 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 Wendell, MA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 318 contributions totaling $24,281 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $76 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 10 contributions totaling $855 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $86 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)