Until Massachusetts gets its stuff together and elects a bipartisan (or, unthinkably, a strongly conservative) legislature, the person in the Governor’s mansion is nothing more than a figurehead. Right now, the legislature is almost exclusively far-left lib democrat, and is so rife with corruption, graft, backroom deals, and otherwise shady politics, that its a wonder the state has lasted as long as it has.
Ditto, plus the last several Massachusetts Governors have been leftists, both Democratic leftists and Republican leftists, anyways. Massachusetts has been stuck on leftist politics for over sixty years and with no actual end in sight, just like all past, present, and, possibly, future socialistic countries (hint U.S.A.).