The town of Shutesbury, MA in the 01072 zip zone is a picturesque and serene place to live. Politically, it is part of the Franklin County area and is an active participant in local decision-making processes. In recent years, the citizens of Shutesbury have been represented by various representatives from both major parties in local and state government. These representatives focus on making sure that Shutesbury has access to quality public services, such as health care, education, transport, housing, and parks. Citizens have been actively engaging in civic discourse to ensure their voices are heard when important decisions are made about their community. In addition to participating in political discourse at the local level, many residents of Shutesbury also remain informed about state-wide and national policy issues. They make their opinions known at the polls each election season and many have taken action by joining advocacy organizations or running for office themselves. Overall, Shutesbury has a dynamic political culture that listens to all its residents while taking action on important issues that affect them all.
The political climate in Zip 01072 (Shutesbury, MA) is moderately liberal.
Franklin County, MA is very liberal. In Franklin County, MA 70.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 26.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Franklin county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 70.7% to 26.4%.
Franklin county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 01072 (Shutesbury, MA) is moderately liberal.
Shutesbury, Massachusetts is moderately liberal.
Franklin County, Massachusetts is very liberal.
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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.
Shutesbury, 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 01072 (Shutesbury)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 855 contributions totaling $56,910 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $67 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)