Phillipston Four Corners leans Republican by roughly 24 points: about 38% of voters vote Democratic and 62% Republican.
About 74% of adults in Phillipston Four Corners typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Phillipston Four Corners, ~28% vote Democratic, ~46% Republican, and ~26% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Phillipston Four Corners compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Phillipston Four Corners leans more Republican than 106 of 107 neighbors.
Phillipston Four Corners runs about 48 points more Republican than Massachusetts as a whole. Massachusetts leans Democratic overall, while Phillipston Four Corners is one of the few Republican-leaning pockets.
Why Phillipston Four Corners 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 Phillipston Four Corners, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Phillipston Four Corners votes against the grain of Massachusetts. Massachusetts leans Democratic overall, while Phillipston Four Corners runs about 48 points more Republican. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 82% of households in Phillipston Four Corners are family households, above 92% of cities.
Cancer-screening access and voter turnout
Places with high colon-cancer-screening access tend to turn out at a higher rate; Phillipston Four Corners, MA sits in the top quarter nationally on this measure. Cancer screening does not drive turnout; it reflects income, insurance, and healthcare access.
Why turnout in Phillipston Four Corners looks the way it does
Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Phillipston Four Corners 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 69%, about 9 points above the U.S. average of 60%. Homeowners vote more often than renters, and about 92% of households in Phillipston Four Corners own their home, about 17 points above the U.S. average of 75%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Packard Heights, MA R+9
- Baldwinville, MA R+17
- Phillipston, MA R+15
- Athol, MA R+8
- Templeton, MA R+15
- North Orange, MA R+20
- East Templeton, MA R+16
- Royalston, MA R+12
- Waterville, MA R+17
- South Athol, MA D+6
Cities with Similar Populations
- Delrose, TX R+69
- Millsboro, PA R+35
- Nicasio, CA D+47
- Windsor, NJ D+6
- Sand Flat, TX R+81
- Parker Ford, PA R+12
- Mills, KY R+75
- Colmar, KY R+77
- North Lake, MI R+28
- Dartmouth, MA R+12
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.