The politics in 01604 Worcester, MA are highly diverse and dynamic. The city is located in Worchester County and is served by the Worcester City Council, which consists of 11 members elected to a two-year term. These members represent the city's nine districts in government operations. Additionally, Worcester is part of the Massachusetts Senate district representing Worcester and Middlesex Counties, as well as the Massachusetts House of Representatives district representing Worcester and Middlesex Counties. In terms of national politics, 01604 Worcester lies within Massachusetts' second congressional district. The current member of Congress for this district is James McGovern. Overall, 01604 Worcester is a vibrant city with an active political presence both locally and nationally.
The political climate in Zip 01604 (Worcester, MA) is moderately 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 01604 (Worcester, MA) is moderately liberal.
Worcester, Massachusetts is moderately 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.
Worcester, 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 01604 (Worcester)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 491 contributions totaling $53,650 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $109 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 116 contributions totaling $16,847 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $145 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)