Springfield, MA 01103 is the largest city in western Massachusetts and has a population of around 154,000 people. It is home to state government and numerous other industries that make up its economy. The City of Springfield operates under the Mayor-Council form of government, with the mayor as the chief executive. The current Mayor of Springfield is Domenic J. Sarno, who was first elected in 2008 and re-elected in 2011 and 2015. The City Council is composed of 13 members elected from 9 districts throughout the city, with members serving two year terms.
A variety of political parties are represented in Springfield, including Democrats, Republicans, Green - Rainbow Party, Libertarian Party Massachusetts (LPMA) and Massachusetts Unites for Social Justice (MUSJ). In addition to our local political representatives there are also federal representatives from both parties who represent Springfield at a national level. Politics in Springfield are generally focused on issues such as economic development, public safety, education reform and infrastructure investment.
The political climate in Zip 01103 (Springfield, MA) is moderately liberal.
Hampden County, MA is moderately liberal. In Hampden County, MA 57.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 40.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hampden county remained very strongly Democratic, 57.7% to 40.0%.
Hampden county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 01103 (Springfield, MA) is moderately liberal.
Springfield, Massachusetts is moderately liberal.
Hampden County, Massachusetts is moderately liberal.
Springfield Metro Area is strongly 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.
Springfield, 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 01103 (Springfield)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 78 contributions totaling $14,164 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $182 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3 contributions totaling $500 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $167 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)