The politics in 01550 Southbridge Town, MA are full of local pride and determination. With a population of 16,986 as of 2019, it has a large number of citizens who are engaged and involved in the political process. The town is represented by two state representatives and one state senator at the State House in Boston. At the local level, Southbridge Town has an elected Board of Selectmen that governs the day-to-day operations of the town as well as setting policy and providing guidance. In addition to this board, many municipal committees are created to provide advice on a variety of topics such as parks and recreation or economic development. The town also holds regular elections for various positions, including selectman, school committee members, library trustees, and other roles that serve to better the community.
The political climate in Zip 01550 (Southbridge Town, 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 01550 (Southbridge Town, MA) is somewhat liberal.
Southbridge Town, 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.
Southbridge 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 01550 (Southbridge Town)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 481 contributions totaling $16,282 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $34 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 68 contributions totaling $27,161 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $399 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)