Bangor, Maine is a vibrant city located on the Penobscot River. It is the county seat of Penobscot County and has a population of 33,039 as of 2019. The politics in Bangor are largely dominated by local issues such as education, infrastructure, and economic growth and development. Bangor has strong roots in its Democratic Party, with several prominent political leaders representing the area in Congress. These include Senator Angus King and Congressman Jared Golden. Local initiatives like Bangor's Economic Opportunity Strategy plan have been put into place to help stimulate economic growth for all citizens of the city. Public forums regarding political issues are held throughout the year to ensure that citizens voices are heard and community input is taken into account when decisions about important issues are made.
The political climate in Bangor, ME is leaning conservative.
Penobscot County, ME is somewhat conservative. In Penobscot County, ME 44.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 52.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Penobscot county remained moderately Republican, 52.6% to 44.2%.
Penobscot county voted Republican again in 2020, after voting Democratic in 2012, 2008, and 2004.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Bangor, ME is leaning conservative.
Penobscot County, Maine is somewhat conservative.
Bangor Metro Area is somewhat conservative.
Maine is somewhat 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.
Bangor, Maine: r d d d R r
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 Bangor, ME
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,709 contributions totaling $413,096 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $111 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 601 contributions totaling $328,977 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $547 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)