01375 Sunderland, MA is a small community located in western Massachusetts. The town has a strong sense of community and political participation is high. Every two years the residents of 01375 Sunderland get to choose who they want to represent them on the local Board of Selectmen, which makes decisions for the town. During election season, local candidates come forward with their ideas for how to help improve the community, from improving services and transportation to increasing economic development. Residents come out in high numbers on election day and it is always an exciting time for the community. Every vote counts as people weigh their options and make their decision about who they believe will be best suited to serve their interests.
The political climate in Zip 01375 (Sunderland, MA) is strongly liberal.
Franklin County, MA is very liberal. In Franklin County, MA 70.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 26.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Franklin county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 70.7% to 26.4%.
Franklin county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 01375 (Sunderland, MA) is strongly liberal.
Sunderland, Massachusetts is strongly liberal.
Franklin County, Massachusetts is very liberal.
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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.
Sunderland, 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 01375 (Sunderland)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 303 contributions totaling $38,973 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $129 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 48 contributions totaling $3,878 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $81 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)