Westford, MA 01886 has a long history of strong local politics and involvement from its citizens. It is home to a wide variety of political candidates and organizations that work to ensure the best possible outcomes for the community. The town has a very engaged voting population with high voter turnout in nearly every election. The local Democratic and Republican parties are both active in working with local elected officials to create policies that benefit the citizens. There are also several locally organized independent political groups that promote specific issues or causes within the community. This vibrant political environment helps to ensure that all voices in the community are heard and represented.
The political climate in Zip 01886 (Westford, 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 01886 (Westford, MA) is moderately liberal.
Westford, 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.
Westford, 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 01886 (Westford)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,353 contributions totaling $387,019 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $164 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 301 contributions totaling $63,315 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $210 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)