The town of West Boylston, MA (01583) is a small town with a population of 6,543 as of the 2019 census. The town has a government that follows the rules and regulations that are laid out in the Massachusetts General Laws. The mayor is currently Robert J. Pasquariello, Jr., who was elected in 2017 to serve a three-year term. The Town Council consists of five members who are also elected for three-year terms. They oversee all of the city's departments and make decisions on behalf of the citizens of West Boylston. There are various local political groups such as the West Boylston Democratic Town Committee (WBDC), which works to elect Democrats to local office, and other civic-minded organizations such as Friends of West Boylston (FOWB), which work to improve the quality of life for all residents. Elections for local offices take place every two years and candidates must meet certain qualifications before they can run for office.
The political climate in Zip 01583 (West Boylston, 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 01583 (West Boylston, MA) is leaning liberal.
West Boylston, 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.
West Boylston, 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 01583 (West Boylston)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 429 contributions totaling $21,669 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $51 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 23 contributions totaling $2,636 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $115 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)