Palmer Town leans slightly Republican by roughly 12 points: about 44% of voters vote Democratic and 56% Republican.
About 73% of adults in Palmer Town typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Palmer Town, ~32% vote Democratic, ~41% Republican, and ~27% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Palmer Town compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Palmer Town leans more Republican than 65 of 89 neighbors.
Palmer Town runs about 36 points more Republican than Massachusetts as a whole. Massachusetts leans Democratic overall, while Palmer Town is one of the few Republican-leaning pockets.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Palmer Town. The southwest side is the most Republican-leaning (R+18) and the south side is the least Republican-leaning (R+7), a spread of about 11 points.
Why Palmer Town leans the way it does
This analysis examined 14,881 data points per city to find what predicts political lean and turnout. The items below are a few correlations that stood out for Palmer Town, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Palmer Town votes Republican even though it is densely developed (about 34%, well below the Massachusetts average of 50%). State and regional patterns outweigh the Democratic lean that density usually predicts here. Palmer Town runs against the grain of Massachusetts, a Republican-leaning pocket in a Democratic-leaning state.
Cancer-screening access and voter turnout
Places with high colon-cancer-screening access tend to turn out at a higher rate; Palmer Town, MA sits above the national average on this measure. Cancer screening does not drive turnout; it reflects income, insurance, and healthcare access.
Why turnout in Palmer Town looks the way it does
Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Palmer Town is in the top quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. The dental-visit rate here is about 68%, about 8 points above the U.S. average of 60%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Palmer, MA R+13
- Tennyville, MA R+16
- Bondsville, MA D+8
- West Warren, MA R+17
- Monson, MA R+16
- Wilbraham, MA Even
- Ware, MA R+5
- Ludlow, MA R+10
- Warren, MA R+17
- Brimfield, MA R+11
Cities with Similar Populations
- Los Alamitos, CA Even
- Port Clinton, OH R+23
- Walden, NY R+11
- Cheraw, SC Even
- Cascades, VA D+28
- Oxford, GA R+23
- Archdale, NC R+38
- North St. Paul, MN D+18
- Philadelphia, MS R+15
- Mount Vernon, IN R+40
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Sources and methodology
Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Elections, distributed by the Voting and Election Science Team. Demographic inputs come from the U.S. Census Bureau (ACS 5-year estimates and the 2020 Decennial Census). Health and environmental inputs come from the CDC (PLACES and the Environmental Justice Index). Land cover comes from the USGS and EPA. Election-day and lead-up weather come from PRISM 4km daily grids and the NOAA Global Historical Climatology Network. Mail-voting and election-administration patterns come from the MIT Election Lab's Survey of the Performance of American Elections. Block-group crime detail comes from CrimeGrade. Internet data and modeling support provided by ISPreports.org.
Modeling and analysis by the BestNeighborhood data science team. Full methodology and findings: political spectrum map.
Methodology reviewed by the BestNeighborhood data team. Last updated May 2026.