The small town of New Braintree, MA is a rural community located in Worcester County. It has a unique political atmosphere that is driven by its citizens’ commitment to preserving the town’s natural beauty and history. The residents of New Braintree actively participate in local elections and take part in shaping the future of their community through their votes. They are passionate about the issues that affect them directly, such as property taxes, education, and development. Local politicians strive to represent the interests of their constituents and ensure that New Braintree remains a safe and welcoming place to live. Residents remain involved with current events on both the state and national level, while keeping an eye on how those decisions impact their own lives. Through their collective efforts, the people of New Braintree are able to maintain a strong sense of identity while celebrating the changes brought by progress.
The political climate in Zip 01531 (New Braintree, 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 01531 (New Braintree, MA) is leaning liberal.
New Braintree, 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.
New Braintree, 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 01531 (New Braintree)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 203 contributions totaling $25,205 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $124 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1 contributions totaling $252 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $252 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)