Palmer Town, MA is a vibrant community in the state of Massachusetts. It has a long history of being politically active and engaged in local issues. There are many passionate residents who participate in town meetings and volunteer their time to help keep the quality of life here high. The town is represented by a number of elected officials in both the state and national legislatures. In local elections, voters select representatives from the Democratic and Republican parties, as well as independent candidates. These officials work hard to ensure that all citizens have access to services they need and that their voices are heard in government policy decisions. The town also strongly supports initiatives such as environmental protection, education reform, and economic development that can benefit the entire community. With its strong sense of civic engagement, Palmer Town is truly a great place to live and work.
The political climate in Zip 01080 (Palmer 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
Zip 01080 (Palmer Town, MA) is somewhat liberal.
Palmer Town, Massachusetts 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.
Palmer 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 zip 01080 (Palmer Town)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 30 contributions totaling $2,672 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $89 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 32 contributions totaling $1,660 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $52 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)