The town of Agawam, Massachusetts is located in Hampden County and is home to over 28,000 residents. Situated near the Connecticut River on the Massachusetts-Connecticut border, it offers a wealth of recreational opportunities and local attractions for its residents. The town has a strong tradition of civic engagement with active participation in local elections. This past election cycle saw many candidates seeking office in order to help shape the future of Agawam Town. Issues that were discussed during the election cycle included topics such as quality of life, economic development, public transportation, public safety, education and infrastructure investment. In addition to these issues, candidates also discussed their visions for the future of Agawam Town and their plans to improve services and amenities within the community. As a result of this process, many qualified candidates were elected into office who now have an opportunity to realize their goals for the betterment of Agawam Town.
The political climate in Zip 01001 (Agawam 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 01001 (Agawam Town, MA) is somewhat liberal.
Agawam 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.
Agawam 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 01001 (Agawam Town)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 206 contributions totaling $13,201 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $64 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 47 contributions totaling $6,130 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $130 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)