The 01602 Worcester, MA area is home to a diverse and vibrant political atmosphere. Worcester is the second largest city in Massachusetts and has a population of approximately 185,000 people. There are many local political candidates representing the city’s various neighborhoods, organizations, and interests. Currently, Mayor Joseph Petty presides over the City Council which consists of an elected Board of Aldermen with 11 members as well as an elected City Manager. The City Council is responsible for setting policies and overseeing municipal departments. For state elections, 01602 Worcester lies within the 17th District of Massachusetts represented by James O’Day in the House of Representatives and for local congressional elections represents the 2nd Congressional District represented by Jim McGovern. Additionally, Worcester elects at-large councilors to represent their interests at-large on the City Council as well as district councilors who represent each neighborhood district on the council. Worcester also actively participates in state-level elections including voting for a Governor every four years as well as voting on statewide ballot initiatives that have an impact on local residents’ lives. All in all, 01602 Worcester has a politically engaged population that takes part in many aspects of politics from voting to supporting local candidates to engaging in policy debates about important issues facing their community.
The political climate in Zip 01602 (Worcester, 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 01602 (Worcester, MA) is somewhat liberal.
Worcester, 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.
Worcester, 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 01602 (Worcester)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,745 contributions totaling $136,819 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $50 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 132 contributions totaling $15,147 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $115 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)