The city of Worcester, MA, is a bustling hub for political activity. Located in Worcester County, the city serves as the county seat and is home to over 181,000 people. The mayor of Worcester has been Joseph Petty since 2010. The city is divided into 17 districts with elected councilors from each of them representing their respective constituents in policy decisions and governing matters. The City Council meets regularly to discuss important issues and determine how best to move the city forward. Additionally, there are numerous state representatives from the Massachusetts House of Representatives who represent Worcester residents in state-level politics. In recent years, these representatives have worked together to pass legislation that has improved life in Worcester by increasing public safety, investing in infrastructure improvements, promoting economic growth, and more.
The political climate in Zip 01610 (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 01610 (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 01610 (Worcester)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 181 contributions totaling $13,909 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $77 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 6 contributions totaling $1,430 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $238 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)