The town of 01347 Lake Pleasant, MA is a small community with a population of just over 1,000 people. The town is served by a mayor-council form of government, with the mayor being elected every two years and council members being elected to serve one-year terms. Currently, Mayor John Smith serves as the leader of the town and he is supported by an experienced council that consists of four members. The town works hard to ensure all voices are heard in their local policy decisions and citizens have regular opportunities to engage in civic activities. This ensures that the residents’ thoughts and opinions shape the political atmosphere in 01347 Lake Pleasant, MA.
The political climate in Zip 01347 (Lake Pleasant, 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 01347 (Lake Pleasant, MA) is moderately liberal.
Lake Pleasant, 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.
Lake Pleasant, 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 01347 (Lake Pleasant)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 22 contributions totaling $1,256 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $57 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)