Grafton, MA 01519 is a small town located in Worcester County. It has a total area of 24.9 square miles and a population of just over 15,000 people. Despite its size, Grafton has an active political scene that includes local politicians who represent the town at the state and federal level. The local candidates for office in Grafton change every election cycle, as citizens come together to elect individuals who they feel best represent their interests and values. These representatives are responsible for advocating for Grafton residents and bringing their concerns to their respective levels of government. Local elections often involve debates between current representatives and those running against them, allowing citizens to make informed decisions about who will lead them into the future.
The political climate in Zip 01519 (Grafton, MA) is leaning liberal.
Worcester County, MA is moderately liberal. In Worcester County, MA 57.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 39.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Worcester county remained very strongly Democratic, 57.6% to 39.7%.
Worcester county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 01519 (Grafton, MA) is leaning liberal.
Grafton, Massachusetts is leaning liberal.
Worcester County, Massachusetts is moderately liberal.
Worcester Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Grafton, 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 01519 (Grafton)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 698 contributions totaling $40,198 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $58 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 26 contributions totaling $4,042 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $155 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)