Sherborn, MA 01770 is a small town located in Middlesex County. It is known for its excellent school system, beautiful parks and friendly neighborhoods. Politically, Sherborn has traditionally been a Democratic-leaning town, with the Democratic party having won the majority of elections since 2000. In recent years, however, the Republican party has made some gains in local elections. The current Board of Selectmen consists of two Democrats and one Republican. Recently, the town held an election for Town Meeting Members where 11 newly-elected members were elected to represent Sherborn's residents. With both major parties represented on the Board of Selectmen and Town Meeting Members chosen from both sides of the aisle, Sherborn is demonstrating its commitment to political balance in local politics.
The political climate in Zip 01770 (Sherborn, MA) is moderately liberal.
Middlesex County, MA is very liberal. In Middlesex County, MA 71.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 26.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Middlesex county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 71.5% to 26.3%.
Middlesex county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 01770 (Sherborn, MA) is moderately liberal.
Sherborn, Massachusetts is moderately liberal.
Middlesex 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.
Sherborn, 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 01770 (Sherborn)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,878 contributions totaling $529,190 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $184 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 83 contributions totaling $32,585 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $393 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)