The town of North Grafton, MA, located in Worcester County, is a peaceful community that values its close-knit relationship with its residents. It is an area that is known for its quaint small-town feel and tight-knit community spirit. Politics in North Grafton are focused on ensuring the safety and well-being of its citizens, promoting economic development, and preserving the local culture and environment. Local political candidates seek to provide strong leadership to address issues such as crime prevention, funding for public schools, transportation infrastructure improvements, and maintaining fiscal responsibility. North Grafton strives to be a place where every resident can thrive by creating safe neighborhoods, developing strong schools and services for youth and seniors alike, and building a healthy economy by supporting local businesses.
The political climate in Zip 01536 (North Grafton, MA) is somewhat 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 01536 (North Grafton, MA) is somewhat liberal.
North Grafton, Massachusetts is somewhat 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.
North Grafton, 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 01536 (North Grafton)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 233 contributions totaling $11,562 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $50 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 41 contributions totaling $11,804 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $288 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)