The small town of Colrain, MA is part of the larger Franklin County and has a population of 1,161 according to the 2019 census. It is governed by a Board of Selectmen who are elected into office for three-year terms. The current members include Chairman Timothy F. Hultgren, Vice-Chairman Robert D. Yost, Treasurer Carl S. Anderson Jr., and Clerk Jason J. Pease. The Board meets twice a month to discuss town business such as budgets, zoning regulations, roads and services in the area. The board also works closely with other local government organizations such as the police department and the school district to ensure that all residents of Colrain have access to the resources and services they need to be successful in their day-to-day lives.
The political climate in Zip 01340 (Colrain, 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 01340 (Colrain, MA) is moderately liberal.
Colrain, 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.
Colrain, 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 01340 (Colrain)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 315 contributions totaling $16,868 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $54 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 11 contributions totaling $870 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $79 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)