Townsend, MA 01469 is a small town located in northern Massachusetts. It is a community of approximately 5,000 people and is known for its tight-knit community and strong sense of pride in the local area. Politics in Townsend revolves around ensuring that the community's needs are served by the government and local representatives. There are regularly held town hall meetings where residents can come together to discuss their concerns and voice their opinions on how they want their town to be run. Residents also have the opportunity to elect a mayor, selectmen, board members, and other local representatives who will act on behalf of the townspeople when it comes to making decisions about the future of Townsend. Overall, politics in Townsend is driven by an underlying desire to keep the town safe, prosperous, and vibrant for everyone who calls it home.
The political climate in Zip 01469 (Townsend, MA) is moderately liberal.
Middlesex County, MA is very liberal. In Middlesex County, MA 71.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 26.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Middlesex county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 71.5% to 26.3%.
Middlesex county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 01469 (Townsend, MA) is moderately liberal.
Townsend, Massachusetts is moderately liberal.
Middlesex County, Massachusetts is very liberal.
Boston-Cambridge-Newton Metro Area is very 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.
Townsend, 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 01469 (Townsend)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 491 contributions totaling $14,393 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $29 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 13 contributions totaling $8,801 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $677 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)