The small town of 01338 Buckland, MA is located in Franklin County and is part of the United States government. With a population of just over 2,000 people, Buckland is a tight-knit community with its own unique political culture. While typically voting in line with Massachusetts’s Democratic party, Buckland has had some notable Republican candidates on the ballot in recent years, including Rob Pomeroy in 2018 and Jane Latouche in 2020. This shows that while the majority of residents do typically vote Democrat, there is still room for other voices to be heard. As such, the politics in 01338 Buckland remain diverse yet united by their shared commitment to what matters most: their local community.
The political climate in Zip 01338 (Buckland, 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 01338 (Buckland, MA) is moderately liberal.
Buckland, Massachusetts is moderately liberal.
Franklin County, Massachusetts is very liberal.
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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.
Buckland, 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 01338 (Buckland)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 48 contributions totaling $10,593 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $221 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)