The town of Leicester, MA (01524) is a small community located in Worcester County. It is home to a diverse population of around 10,000 people who live and work in the area. The local government is made up of an elected Mayor and Town Council, which are responsible for making decisions that affect the town's daily operations. At the state level, Leicester is represented by two senators and three representatives in the Massachusetts General Court. On the national level, representatives from Massachusetts' 7th Congressional District represent Leicester's interests in Congress.
Leicester residents have the opportunity to actively participate in local politics through voting on important issues and electing representatives to serve their community. The town holds regular elections for mayor, town councilors, school committee members, and other positions every two years. By taking part in municipal politics, Leicester residents can help shape their community’s future and ensure that it reflects their values and interests.
The political climate in Zip 01524 (Leicester, 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 01524 (Leicester, MA) is leaning liberal.
Leicester, 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.
Leicester, 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 01524 (Leicester)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 121 contributions totaling $6,472 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $53 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 25 contributions totaling $1,431 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $57 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)