The town of 01585 West Brookfield, MA is governed by a three-member Board of Selectmen. From this board, the town holds elections for a Town Administrator, Town Clerk and Treasurer/Collector. There are also six elected members on the Planning Board and seven members on the Board of Health. All residents aged 18 or over may vote in local elections to choose the individuals who will be representing them in each of these positions. The selection process for these officials is non-partisan and relies solely on the qualifications, experience, and views of each individual candidate. It is important that all residents stay informed about local political issues and take advantage of their right to vote for those who share their values and will work towards making 01585 West Brookfield a better place to live.
The political climate in Zip 01585 (West Brookfield, MA) is leaning 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 01585 (West Brookfield, MA) is leaning liberal.
West Brookfield, Massachusetts is leaning 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.
West Brookfield, 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 01585 (West Brookfield)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 48 contributions totaling $2,401 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $50 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 79 contributions totaling $14,565 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $184 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)