The town of Gill, MA 01354 is a small locality in Franklin County with a population of about 826 people. It is largely rural, and the economy consists of small business owners both in town and in neighboring areas. Despite its size, politics are an important part of life in Gill. The town is represented by three local elected officials: a selectman, a treasurer/collector, and an assessor. These officials strive to ensure that the needs of the citizens are met while keeping taxes low and advocating for vital infrastructure projects like road repairs and improvements to public facilities such as parks and schools. The residents of Gill care deeply about their local government and often attend board meetings or contact their representatives to voice their concerns on issues ranging from property taxes to zoning regulations.
The political climate in Zip 01354 (Gill, 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 01354 (Gill, MA) is moderately liberal.
Gill, 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.
Gill, 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 01354 (Gill)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 448 contributions totaling $12,558 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $28 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1 contributions totaling $25 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $25 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)