Wilbraham, MA is a small town in Western Massachusetts located within Hampden County. The town is home to many active local politics and political candidates vying for office. The current mayor of Wilbraham is Robert Jones, who has been in office since 2019. He is currently running for re-election in 2021. There are also several other local politicians running for various positions on the town's board. These include incumbent Selectmen Jack Jenkins and challenger Mark Richard, as well as Town Clerk Greta Martin and Treasurer William Smith. Residents of Wilbraham take part in a number of initiatives that promote civic engagement, from attending public forums to participating in town meetings. All of these activities are meant to give residents an opportunity to voice their opinions on important local issues and ensure their views are taken into consideration when decisions are being made at the municipal level.
The political climate in Wilbraham, MA is leaning 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
Wilbraham, MA is leaning 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.
Wilbraham, 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 Wilbraham, MA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,138 contributions totaling $151,642 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $71 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 242 contributions totaling $42,856 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $177 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)