Westminster, MA is a small city located in Worcester County. The city is home to many families and business owners who take part in local politics. The city has an elected mayor, as well as a town council which is made up of six members elected by the citizens. The mayor is responsible for the oversight and management of all municipal duties, while the town councilors are responsible for proposing legislation, passing laws, recommending budgets, and maintaining public safety. Elected officials have been known to be responsive to local issues; recently they have worked together to create a more vibrant and safe community by hosting events such as summer concerts on the town commons and investing in infrastructure projects such as street lighting. Additionally, officials have been proactive in responding to any number of concerns voiced by constituents within the community.
The political climate in Zip 01473 (Westminster, 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 01473 (Westminster, MA) is leaning liberal.
Westminster, 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.
Westminster, 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 01473 (Westminster)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 254 contributions totaling $13,849 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $55 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 33 contributions totaling $5,142 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $156 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)