Agawam Town, MA is a small town located in the Pioneer Valley of Western Massachusetts with a population of approximately 28,000 people. The town is governed by a five-member Board of Selectmen who are elected to three-year terms. Each year one member stands for election. In addition to this board, Agawam Town has a full time Town Manager who is appointed by the Board of Selectmen and is responsible for managing the day to day operations of the Town. Agawam also has an elected Mayor who serves as the President of the Town Council, and a nine-member Town Council which legislates ordinances related to public safety, health, welfare, zoning and more. Agawam residents have their voices heard every election season when they take part in casting their vote for local political candidates. The results of these elections determine who will lead their town and influence policy decisions that ultimately affect all citizens in Agawam Town.
The political climate in Agawam Town, MA is leaning liberal.
Hampden County, MA is moderately liberal. In Hampden County, MA 57.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 40.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hampden county remained very strongly Democratic, 57.7% to 40.0%.
Hampden county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Agawam Town, MA is leaning liberal.
Hampden County, Massachusetts is moderately liberal.
Springfield Metro Area is strongly 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.
Agawam Town, 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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Agawam Town, MA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 419 contributions totaling $24,687 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $59 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 93 contributions totaling $12,599 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $135 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)