The town of 01230 Great Barrington, MA is a vibrant part of the community with strong government and politics. The town is governed by a five-member Board of Selectman, elected at-large for three-year terms. The current board consists of five members with years of experience in local government and politics. Each year the town holds elections for various open positions on the board, including Town Moderator, Treasurer/Collector, Clerk, and two or more selectmen. There is also an annual town meeting open to all registered residents to discuss and vote on issues facing the community. Additionally, there are many opportunities for citizens to get involved in the political process by attending town meetings or running for office themselves. The people of 01230 Great Barrington take great pride in their local politics and are always striving to make it better!
The political climate in Zip 01230 (Great Barrington, MA) is moderately liberal.
Berkshire County, MA is very liberal. In Berkshire County, MA 72.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 25.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Berkshire county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 72.4% to 25.3%.
Berkshire county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 01230 (Great Barrington, MA) is moderately liberal.
Great Barrington, Massachusetts is moderately liberal.
Berkshire County, Massachusetts is very liberal.
Pittsfield Metro Area is very 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.
Great Barrington, 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 01230 (Great Barrington)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,542 contributions totaling $373,678 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $82 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 145 contributions totaling $35,700 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $246 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)