Spencer, MA, located in Worcester County, is a small town that is home to approximately 11,500 residents. The town has a local government that consists of an elected Board of Selectmen and Town Administrator who are responsible for making decisions related to the welfare and safety of its citizens. Local elections are held every two years to determine who will serve on the Board. Issues such as taxation, zoning, public works, education, and other topics affecting the community are debated during these elections. Residents of Spencer can also voice their opinions on various issues by attending public forums at Town Hall or sending emails to their elected representatives. The people of Spencer take pride in their political participation and strive to keep the town running smoothly by participating in local politics.
The political climate in Zip 01562 (Spencer, 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 01562 (Spencer, MA) is somewhat liberal.
Spencer, 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.
Spencer, 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 01562 (Spencer)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 121 contributions totaling $11,567 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $96 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 49 contributions totaling $7,648 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $156 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)