The 01609 Worcester, MA area is politically active with residents eager to make a difference in their community. The city of Worcester is governed by an elected mayor and 11-member City Council. Each of the nine districts within the city elects its own representative to serve on the council and collectively they are responsible for creating laws, setting tax rates, approving budgets and managing municipal services such as police and fire protection, public works, health care and education. Additionally, the city holds regular elections to fill a variety of other positions such as district attorney, school committee members and city auditor. During election season, locals can often be found attending debates or rallies to show their support for their favorite candidates. Regardless of who wins each election cycle, it's clear that Worcester residents take pride in having a voice in the politics that shape their city.
The political climate in Zip 01609 (Worcester, MA) is moderately 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 01609 (Worcester, MA) is moderately liberal.
Worcester, Massachusetts is moderately 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 01609 (Worcester)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,772 contributions totaling $236,430 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $85 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 266 contributions totaling $64,453 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $242 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)