The town of 01543 Rutland, MA is a small and vibrant community with an engaged population. It is home to many businesses and organizations involved in local politics, which are actively campaigning for their causes. The town has its own elected officials who are responsible for making decisions that affect the local area. These officials aim to ensure that the people of 01543 Rutland have access to important services and resources, as well as adequate representation in the state legislature. In addition, they strive to maintain strong relationships with other towns in the region and promote economic growth. The town's leaders work hard to ensure that the citizens of 01543 Rutland are able to enjoy a high quality of life that is supported by strong political representation.
The political climate in Zip 01543 (Rutland, MA) is leaning 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 01543 (Rutland, MA) is leaning liberal.
Rutland, Massachusetts is leaning 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.
Rutland, 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 01543 (Rutland)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 566 contributions totaling $21,574 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $38 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 89 contributions totaling $15,102 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $170 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)