Palmer Town, MA (01069) is a small town situated in the Pioneer Valley of Massachusetts. There are a variety of political views represented here, and the local elections often draw out large turnout numbers from its engaged citizenry. The Town is served by two state representatives, who both work to ensure their constituents’ voices are heard in the state legislature. Additionally, there is one mayor and five town council members that serve on the Palmer Town Council. All elected officials have to stand for reelection every two years, giving citizens an opportunity to choose who will best represent them and their interests. Each election cycle brings with it new ideas and proposed changes as those running for office strive to make Palmer Town an even better place to call home.
The political climate in Zip 01069 (Palmer Town, MA) is somewhat liberal.
Hampden County, MA is moderately liberal. In Hampden County, MA 57.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 40.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hampden county remained very strongly Democratic, 57.7% to 40.0%.
Hampden county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 01069 (Palmer Town, MA) is somewhat liberal.
Palmer Town, Massachusetts is somewhat liberal.
Hampden County, Massachusetts is moderately liberal.
Springfield Metro Area is strongly 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.
Palmer Town, 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 01069 (Palmer Town)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 100 contributions totaling $5,197 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $52 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 33 contributions totaling $5,630 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $171 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)