The city of Conway, MA (01341) is a small town located in Franklin County with a population of about 1,897 people. It is governed by an open town meeting style of government and has three elected Selectmen. This form of government gives the citizens of Conway the opportunity to vote on their civic leaders and local issues that affect them directly. The residents of Conway take pride in their ability to be involved in the political process and actively participate in local elections. As such, there are usually several candidates running for each position on the Select Board every election cycle. Despite its small size, Conway takes politics seriously and its citizens ensure that their voices are heard when it comes to local matters that impact their lives.
The political climate in Zip 01341 (Conway, 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 01341 (Conway, MA) is moderately liberal.
Conway, 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.
Conway, 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 01341 (Conway)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 594 contributions totaling $45,326 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $76 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 4 contributions totaling $325 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $81 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)