Cheshire, MA is a small town located in Berkshire County in Western Massachusetts. It has a long history of community involvement and local politics. Town meetings are held twice a year to discuss matters of governance and budgeting. The Board of Selectmen is elected by the community and serves as the legislative body for both town and school decisions. Residents regularly show up at these meetings to voice their opinions on matters of importance to the community. Additionally, every two years the people of Cheshire elect members of their local state government to represent them in larger regional issues. These representatives work with other towns in the area and serve as a link between the citizens and their state government. In summary, Cheshire has an active political scene that strives to ensure that the voice of each individual is heard and respected.
The political climate in Cheshire, MA is somewhat liberal.
Berkshire County, MA is very liberal. In Berkshire County, MA 72.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 25.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Berkshire county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 72.4% to 25.3%.
Berkshire county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Cheshire, MA is somewhat liberal.
Berkshire County, Massachusetts is very liberal.
Pittsfield Metro Area is very 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.
Cheshire, 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 Cheshire, MA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 317 contributions totaling $7,821 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $25 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 47 contributions totaling $4,908 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $104 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)