Politically, 01079 Palmer Town, MA is a staunchly conservative area. Led by long-time Republican mayor Bill Smith, the town council has enacted a number of policies that have been widely popular among the population. These include expanding public services, such as libraries and recreation centers, while maintaining fiscal responsibility with lower taxes than surrounding communities. The town also values transparency and holds regular open forums with constituents to discuss local issues and developments. Each election season brings out dozens of residents eager to voice their opinions and support their favorite candidates. While there are differences of opinion on many issues, the town generally looks forward to working together to create a better future for all its citizens.
The political climate in Zip 01079 (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 01079 (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 01079 (Palmer Town)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 19 contributions totaling $589 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $31 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2 contributions totaling $50 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $25 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)