Longmeadow, MA is a small town located in Hampden County. In terms of politics, Longmeadow is part of the 3rd Congressional District and is represented in the US House of Representatives by Richard E Neal. Additionally, Longmeadow is represented by representatives on State level. Currently, those representatives are Eric Lesser (Senator), Brian Ashe (House Representative), and Angelo Puppolo (House Representative). The town also has a Board of Selectmen with five members who are responsible for local government operations. It is important to note that there are no local political candidates in Longmeadow as all local and state-level elections take place during Massachusetts-wide elections.
The political climate in Longmeadow, 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
Longmeadow, 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.
Longmeadow, 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 Longmeadow, MA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,829 contributions totaling $304,871 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $167 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 217 contributions totaling $65,179 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $300 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)