South Lancaster, MA 01561 is a small town with an active political scene. The town has a mayor and a five-member Town Council who are responsible for making decisions on behalf of the citizens of South Lancaster. Local elections are held every two years and the candidates come from all walks of life. The Town Council meets regularly to discuss issues of importance to South Lancaster, such as budgets, taxes, infrastructure projects, and zoning ordinances. Each year there are several candidates running for local offices in South Lancaster who have diverse backgrounds and platforms that they believe will benefit the community. Residents are encouraged to become involved in their local government by attending Town Council meetings, voting in town elections, and participating in public forums hosted by local candidates.
The political climate in Zip 01561 (South Lancaster, MA) is somewhat 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 01561 (South Lancaster, MA) is somewhat liberal.
South Lancaster, Massachusetts is somewhat 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.
South Lancaster, 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 01561 (South Lancaster)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 49 contributions totaling $2,390 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $49 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 244 contributions totaling $8,917 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $37 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)