West Springfield Town, MA has a long and proud history of local politics. As part of the Hampden County Municipality, West Springfield is run by an elected Town Council consisting of five members plus the mayor. The current mayor is Will Reichelt, who was first elected in 2014. He has been re-elected twice since then and is highly regarded for his commitment to public service and dedication to the town's needs. The council also includes other well-respected figures such as Peter Ferrara, Robert Petzold, Kimberley Muirhead, and Michael Paine. These individuals have all offered their time and energy to ensure that West Springfield remains a vibrant community with plenty of opportunities for its citizens. They have worked hard to provide quality services while also keeping taxes low and encouraging economic growth. It is clear that this team has been successful in making West Springfield Town a desirable place to live and work.
The political climate in West Springfield Town, MA is somewhat liberal.
Hampden County, MA is moderately liberal. In Hampden County, MA 57.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 40.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hampden county remained very strongly Democratic, 57.7% to 40.0%.
Hampden county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
West Springfield Town, MA is somewhat liberal.
Hampden County, Massachusetts is moderately liberal.
Springfield Metro Area is strongly 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 Springfield 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 West Springfield Town, MA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 640 contributions totaling $83,496 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $130 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 121 contributions totaling $22,553 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $186 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)