Princeton, MA (01541) is a small town in Central Massachusetts with a rich history. Politically, Princeton is a predominantly blue town and leans towards the Democratic Party. At the local level, there are several members of the Board of Selectmen who oversee the day-to-day operations of the town. The current chairperson of the Board is Dana Anderson. Town residents also elect a Town Moderator to lead public meetings and serve as an advocate for citizens' interests. The current Town Moderator is David White. Furthermore, Princeton has two representatives in the Massachusetts General Court: State Representative Kimberly Ferguson (R) and State Senator Anne Gobi (D). Residents also take part in presidential elections every four years at their local polling station.
The political climate in Zip 01541 (Princeton, 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
Zip 01541 (Princeton, MA) is leaning liberal.
Princeton, Massachusetts 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.
Princeton, 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 01541 (Princeton)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 345 contributions totaling $29,642 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $86 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 89 contributions totaling $23,485 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $264 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)