{"id":153,"date":"2012-07-06T15:27:42","date_gmt":"2012-07-06T15:27:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/rboatright\/?page_id=153"},"modified":"2025-12-30T15:33:49","modified_gmt":"2025-12-30T15:33:49","slug":"worcester-campaign-finance-project","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/rboatright\/worcester-campaign-finance\/worcester-campaign-finance-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Worcester Campaign Finance Project"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to the home page of the Worcester Campaign Finance Project.&nbsp; The aim of this project is to provide citizens of Worcester with information on the amount of money spent in municipal elections and on where this money comes from.&nbsp; This project draws upon data available from the state of Massachusetts and the city of Worcester; our goal is to organize this information in a way that provides useful information to citizens and promotes consideration of the link between campaign finance and democracy.&nbsp; We provide this information not to promote or criticize candidates, but in pursuit of openness and transparency in local politics.<\/p>\n<p>The project is the work of students of the Clark University Department of Political Science, under the supervision of Professor Robert Boatright.&nbsp; For more information, contact Professor Boatright at <a href=\"mailto:rboatright@clarku.edu\">rboatright@clarku.edu<\/a>, or at (508) 793-7632.<\/p>\n<p>Complete analysis of Worcester, Cambridge, Lowell, and Springfield elections, 2005-2023 is available for purchase <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cambridge.org\/core\/elements\/abs\/money-partisanship-and-power-in-local-politics\/51101F1A40899F28D4B350A40909BBFA\">here<\/a>.&nbsp; Note that the publisher&#8217;s site also includes supplemental materials, which you can download (for free) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cambridge.org\/Boatright\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Tables on Worcester elections, 2005-2025:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>NEW!&nbsp; <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/rboatright\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/166\/2025\/12\/wcftabs_2025.pdf\">Summary tables for the 2025 Worcester election<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/rboatright\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/166\/2025\/12\/wcftabs_2023_revised.pdf\">Summary tables for the 2023 Worcester election<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/166\/2022\/01\/wcftabs_2021.pdf\">Summary tables for the 2021 Worcester election<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/166\/2019\/12\/wcftabs_2019.pdf\">Summary tables for the 2019 Worcester election<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/166\/2017\/12\/wcftabs_2017.pdf\">Summary tables for the 2017 Worcester election<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/166\/2016\/01\/Worcester-Campaign-Finance-Tables-20151.pdf\">Summary tables for the 2015 Worcester election<\/a> (includes all of the tables listed below, in one file)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/166\/2014\/04\/citywide2013.pdf\">Fundraising by Worcester citywide candidates, 2013<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/166\/2012\/07\/wcf_2011_atlarge.pdf\">Fundraising by Worcester citywide candidates, 2011<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/166\/2012\/07\/01_Worcester_at_large_2009.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fundraising by Worcester citywide candidates, 2009<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/166\/2012\/07\/02_Worcester_at_large_2007.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fundraising by Worcester citywide candidates, 2007<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/166\/2012\/07\/Worcester_at_large_2005.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fundraising by Worcester citywide candidates, 2005<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/166\/2014\/04\/district2013.pdf\">Fundraising by Worcester district candidates, 2013<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/166\/2012\/07\/district_2011.pdf\">Fundraising by Worcester district candidates,_2011<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/166\/2012\/07\/03_Worcester_District_Races_2009.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fundraising by Worcester district candidates, 2009<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/166\/2012\/07\/04_Worcester_District_Races_2007.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fundraising by Worcester district candidates, 2007<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/166\/2014\/04\/school2013.pdf\">Fundraising by Worcester school committee candidates, 2013<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/166\/2012\/07\/schoolcmte_2011.pdf\">Fundraising by Worcester school committee candidates,_2011<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/166\/2014\/04\/changes2013.pdf\">Changes in fundraising by repeat citywide candidates, 2013<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/166\/2012\/07\/repeatcitywide_2011.pdf\">Changes in fundraising by repeat citywide candidates,_2011<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/166\/2012\/07\/05_Repeat_Candidates.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Changes in fundraising by repeat citywide candidates, 2005-2009<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/166\/2012\/07\/comparisons_2011.pdf\">Comparing the cost of municipal elections in major Massachusetts cities,_2007-2011<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/166\/2012\/07\/06_Mass_Cities_Comparison.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Comparing the cost of municipal elections in major Massachusetts cities, 2005-2009<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Our complete analyses of Worcester elections<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/166\/2012\/07\/wcf-2011-final-paper.pdf\">2011<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/166\/2012\/07\/08_wcf2009.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2009<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/166\/2012\/07\/07_worcester_campaign_finance.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2007<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For the 2013 and 2015 Worcester elections, we did something different.&nbsp; Rather than write analyses specific to these election cycles, we pursued a number of more focused studies on particular aspects of campaign financing, looking at trends in Worcester over the 2005-2013 and 2005-2015 periods and comparing Worcester to other cities outside of Massachusetts.&nbsp; Here are some examples:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/166\/2014\/05\/Individual-Contributors.pdf\">Mapping individual contributors<\/a>&nbsp;in Worcester, Portland (ME), and Hartford. (2013).<\/li>\n<li>What would the effect of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/166\/2014\/05\/publicfinancing.pdf\">public financing<\/a> be n Worcester?&nbsp; Comparing Worcester to public financing systems in Richmond (CA) and Boulder (CO).&nbsp; (2013)<\/li>\n<li>W<a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/166\/2016\/05\/CampaignFinanceFinalPaper.pdf\">here do contributions in Worcester elections come from?<\/a>&nbsp; Comparing campaign contributions across zip codes. (2015)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/166\/2016\/05\/Self-Financing-in-Worcester.pdf\">Does self-financing help or hurt?<\/a>&nbsp; Evidence from Worcester mayoral and at-large council races. 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