The small town of Housatonic, MA located in zip code 01236 is a tight knit community with strong political beliefs. The residents of Housatonic are passionate about their local politics and take part in local elections to ensure their voices are heard. With the current election season upon us, many local candidates have thrown their hats in the ring to represent 01236 in local government. The people of Housatonic have been researching the backgrounds of each candidate and voicing their opinions on who will make a better representative for their town. It is clear that the citizens of 01236 take voting rights seriously and will continue to be actively involved in politics to ensure they get the representation they deserve.
The political climate in Zip 01236 (Housatonic, 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 01236 (Housatonic, MA) is moderately liberal.
Housatonic, 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.
Housatonic, 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 01236 (Housatonic)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 419 contributions totaling $41,357 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $99 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 8 contributions totaling $1,730 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $216 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)