The picturesque town of Amherst Center, MA 01002 is a great place to live and work. It has a vibrant local political scene with many opportunities to get involved and make a difference in the community. Local elections take place every two years, giving citizens the chance to vote for their representatives on the Town Council and School Committee. These elected officials are responsible for setting policies that affect all residents of Amherst Center, from taxes to zoning regulations. The town also participates in state elections held every November, when Massachusetts residents vote for their state representatives and senators as well as statewide ballot initiatives. Through civic engagement, Amherst Center’s residents can shape the future of their community and contribute to making it a great place to live.
The political climate in Zip 01002 (Amherst Center, MA) is strongly liberal.
Hampshire County, MA is very liberal. In Hampshire County, MA 72.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 25.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hampshire county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 72.1% to 25.4%.
Hampshire county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 01002 (Amherst Center, MA) is strongly liberal.
Amherst Center, Massachusetts is strongly liberal.
Hampshire County, Massachusetts is very 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.
Amherst Center, 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 01002 (Amherst Center)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 15,577 contributions totaling $1,192,726 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $77 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 181 contributions totaling $34,415 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $190 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)