The town of Norwood, MA (02062) is governed by a five-member Board of Selectmen, which is elected by the citizens of Norwood for a 3-year term. The Board of Selectmen appoints the Town Manager and other administrative staff to oversee day-to-day operations. The town also has a Mayor, who serves a 1-year term, currently held by William \"Biff\" Macdonald. The Town Meeting is an annual meeting of the registered voters of Norwood that approves town spending and passes local laws.
Norwood's government strives to maintain services while keeping taxes low. To this end the town has enacted various policies and initiatives such as workforce development programs, public works projects, and economic incentives. Additionally, the town offers a variety of community services including library resources, recreational activities, and police protection. As part of these efforts to improve the quality of life for its residents, Norwood actively encourages civic engagement through events such as open forums with local leaders and volunteer programs in schools and parks.
The political climate in Zip 02062 (Norwood, MA) is strongly liberal.
Norfolk County, MA is very liberal. In Norfolk County, MA 67.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 30.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Norfolk county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 67.0% to 30.7%.
Norfolk county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 02062 (Norwood, MA) is strongly liberal.
Norwood, Massachusetts is strongly liberal.
Norfolk County, Massachusetts is very liberal.
Boston-Cambridge-Newton Metro Area is very 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.
Norwood, 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 02062 (Norwood)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,026 contributions totaling $162,409 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $80 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 287 contributions totaling $266,210 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $928 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)