The town of East Longmeadow, MA (01028) is home to a vibrant political landscape. The town government consists of a Town Council, Board of Selectmen, and several other committees. Local elections are held every two years to ensure residents have an active voice in the future of their community. Candidates for office typically focus on issues that affect everyday life in East Longmeadow, such as education, public safety, economic development and infrastructure improvements. Residents have the opportunity to take part in the election process by voicing their opinions during candidate forums and through active engagement with local elected representatives. In addition to local leadership, East Longmeadow is also home to many state and federal politicians who work diligently on behalf of the community's various interests. No matter what political issue one may be passionate about, there is something for everyone living in 01028.
The political climate in Zip 01028 (East Longmeadow, MA) is leaning 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 01028 (East Longmeadow, MA) is leaning liberal.
East Longmeadow, Massachusetts is leaning 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.
East Longmeadow, 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 01028 (East Longmeadow)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 875 contributions totaling $64,078 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $73 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 145 contributions totaling $22,031 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $152 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)