West Brookfield, MA is a small town in Western Massachusetts that has a population of about 2,700 people. Over the past few years, the citizens of West Brookfield have become increasingly engaged in politics and in the democratic process. Local issues such as education funding, infrastructure upgrades, and economic development are high on the agendas of both candidates for local office. In recent years, individuals from both major political parties have been elected to serve on the boards of selectmen and school committee. The town is also home to several active political organizations and interest groups which work to bring current issues to light and make sure that their voices are heard by government leaders at all levels.
The political climate in West Brookfield, 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
West Brookfield, 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.
West Brookfield, 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 West Brookfield, MA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 96 contributions totaling $4,802 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $50 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 158 contributions totaling $29,130 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $184 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)