The city of Webster, MA is a small rural town located in Worcester County. The town has a population of around 6,700 people and is governed by a five-member Board of Selectmen. The board consists of the Chair, Vice-Chair and three others that are elected by the citizens of Webster. This board is responsible for setting the tax rate, overseeing public institutions and making decisions on behalf of the residents. The Town also elects a Town Moderator who presides over all Town Meetings and acts as an advocate for the citizens. Additionally, there are several local political candidates who are running for office in Webster this year. These candidates include those running for state representative, state senator, district attorney and county sheriff positions. These individuals have been campaigning across the city in order to get their message out to potential voters. Residents can meet these candidates at various events or through social media platforms such as Facebook or Twitter in order to learn more about their platform and make an informed decision when it comes time to cast their vote.
The political climate in Zip 01570 (Webster, MA) is somewhat liberal.
Worcester County, MA is moderately liberal. In Worcester County, MA 57.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 39.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Worcester county remained very strongly Democratic, 57.6% to 39.7%.
Worcester county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 01570 (Webster, MA) is somewhat liberal.
Webster, Massachusetts is somewhat liberal.
Worcester County, Massachusetts is moderately liberal.
Worcester Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Webster, 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 01570 (Webster)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 258 contributions totaling $17,973 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $70 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 77 contributions totaling $17,834 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $232 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)