The politics of 01020 Chicopee, MA are quite diverse and multi-faceted. The city is part of the Massachusetts State Senate District 2 and House District 4, both of which include several cities in the region. Chicopee is also served by a City Council, Mayor Richard Kos, and School Committee to provide for its residents. The City Council works to promote the well-being of all citizens of Chicopee with their legislative initiatives, while the Mayor works closely with other local leaders to ensure that residents have access to the best resources for education and community safety. The School Committee works with local schools to ensure that students receive quality education. In addition, the City Council works regularly with non-profits to provide community assistance programs such as after school care and summer activities for kids. Overall, Chicopee has an active political landscape that strives to meet the needs of all citizens in 01020.
The political climate in Zip 01020 (Chicopee, 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 01020 (Chicopee, MA) is somewhat liberal.
Chicopee, 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.
Chicopee, 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 01020 (Chicopee)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 489 contributions totaling $16,894 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $35 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 157 contributions totaling $13,577 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $86 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)