The politics in 01108 Springfield, MA are mainly focused on issues such as the local economy, education and public safety. The residents of 01108 Springfield, MA are represented by several local elected officials. These officials include State Representatives, Senators, City Councillors, a Mayor and members of the School Committee. The representatives come from both major political parties and work together to ensure the best outcome for their constituents. The representatives in 01108 Springfield strive to bring forth legislation that will benefit their constituents while also attempting to address national and global issues when necessary. Local elections occur every two years where residents can have their voices heard by voting for the candidates they believe in. Through this process, citizens can make sure that their community is being properly represented at all levels of government.
The political climate in Zip 01108 (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 01108 (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 01108 (Springfield)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 821 contributions totaling $67,620 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $82 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 54 contributions totaling $11,561 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $214 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)