The town of Northfield, MA is a small and quaint community located in Franklin County. With a population of just over 2,000 people, the citizens of Northfield are proud to be part of a close-knit town that values both its heritage and its future. In terms of local politics, the town is run by an elected Board of Selectmen who are responsible for setting the local policies and regulations to ensure that the town is running smoothly and efficiently. The current board consists of five members who are voted in by the citizens every two years. As with any small town, there are plenty of local initiatives that come up each year which require a vote from Northfield’s residents. Northfield also encourages local candidates to put themselves forward for various positions during election times so that the voices and opinions of all constituents can be heard.
The political climate in Zip 01360 (Northfield, 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 01360 (Northfield, MA) is moderately liberal.
Northfield, 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.
Northfield, 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 01360 (Northfield)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 643 contributions totaling $40,393 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $63 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 35 contributions totaling $6,051 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $173 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)