Politics in 01749 Hudson, MA are shaped by the local government which consists of a five-member Board of Selectman. The Board of Selectmen is responsible for appointing the Town Manager and other town officials. They also set policy, pass ordinances, and oversee budgets and expenditures. Hudson also has a Town Meeting to approve town budget appropriations, zoning changes, and other matters that affect the town as a whole. There are many active civic organizations that organize around issues that affect the local area such as education, public safety, economic development, environmental protection, and health care. In addition to local politics in 01749 Hudson, MA citizens are encouraged to stay informed and engaged with state and national politics as well.
The political climate in Zip 01749 (Hudson, MA) is strongly liberal.
Middlesex County, MA is very liberal. In Middlesex County, MA 71.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 26.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Middlesex county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 71.5% to 26.3%.
Middlesex county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 01749 (Hudson, MA) is strongly liberal.
Hudson, Massachusetts is strongly liberal.
Middlesex County, Massachusetts is very liberal.
Boston-Cambridge-Newton 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.
Hudson, 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 01749 (Hudson)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,129 contributions totaling $121,297 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $57 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 169 contributions totaling $70,717 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $418 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)