The small town of 01430 Ashburnham, MA is a quiet area with a population of 2,300. It is known for its rural and peaceful environment. In terms of politics, the town's voting population is largely conservative and it typically votes Republican in national elections. The local government of 01430 Ashburnham, MA consists of three selectmen who are responsible for setting policies and overseeing day-to-day operations. Additionally, there is an elected Treasurer and Clerk/Tax Collector that oversee financial matters. The town also has several local committees that help to ensure the efficient functioning of the community such as Planning Board, Board of Health, Finance Committee and Conservation Commission. Each committee has members from both political parties in order to keep the decision making process fair and unbiased. Overall, 01430 Ashburnham, MA is a politically conservative town that works together to ensure that its citizens' needs are met with effective solutions.
The political climate in Zip 01430 (Ashburnham, 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 01430 (Ashburnham, MA) is leaning liberal.
Ashburnham, 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.
Ashburnham, 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 01430 (Ashburnham)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 288 contributions totaling $31,268 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $109 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 10 contributions totaling $1,125 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $113 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)