The town of Ashfield, MA is a small New England community located in the foothills of the Berkshire Mountains. With an estimated population of 1,800 people, it is a quiet and peaceful place to call home. The local politics in 01330 Ashfield, MA are overseen by an elected Town Meeting comprised of elected representatives from the various precincts within the town. In addition to this local legislature, state representatives from the area are also involved in making laws and regulations that affect the town’s residents. Local elections for various offices such as Town Moderator, Selectman, Assessor, Treasurer and Collector all take place on Town Election Day each year. The results determine who will serve as the representatives for their respective positions and how policies are created and implemented in the town.
The political climate in Zip 01330 (Ashfield, MA) is moderately liberal.
Franklin County, MA is very liberal. In Franklin County, MA 70.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 26.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Franklin county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 70.7% to 26.4%.
Franklin county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 01330 (Ashfield, MA) is moderately liberal.
Ashfield, Massachusetts is moderately liberal.
Franklin County, Massachusetts is very liberal.
Not Found Metro Area is 0.
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.
Ashfield, 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 01330 (Ashfield)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,855 contributions totaling $64,606 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $35 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 13 contributions totaling $1,171 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $90 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)