The city of Springfield, MA 01107 is a vibrant community with a long history of political involvement. Located in Hampden County, the city has 16 wards and is represented by two State Representatives, 22 State Senate Districts, four County Commissioners, three City Councilors, along with a Mayor and School Committee. Springfield’s local government is actively involved in numerous issues that affect the citizens such as economic development, public safety, education, infrastructure improvements and environmental conservation. The city also hosts numerous events throughout the year to promote civic engagement and participation in politics at the local level. Local politicians work closely with citizens to shape policies and decisions that are beneficial for all members of the community.
The political climate in Zip 01107 (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 01107 (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 01107 (Springfield)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 55 contributions totaling $9,024 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $164 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 7 contributions totaling $541 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $77 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)