Hancock, Maine is a small town located in the state of Maine. While it has a population of just over 2,000 people, Hancock is an important and influential part of the local political landscape. The town is served by its own elected representatives who strive to ensure that the needs of their constituents are met. These representatives include Mayor Karen Dolan and Town Council members Susan Paine, Don King, Elizabeth Chandonnet, Andrea Sykes, and Calley Mercer who each work together to develop policies that will benefit the entire community. They also work closely with state legislators to ensure that Hancock remains relevant on a regional level. In addition to these elected officials, there are several citizens' groups in Hancock who actively participate in local government affairs by attending meetings and voicing their opinions on issues affecting the town. Overall, the politics of Hancock are focused on consensus-building and collaboration so that everyone can be heard and all interests can be fairly represented.
The political climate in Hancock, ME is leaning conservative.
Hancock County, ME is somewhat liberal. In Hancock County, ME 54.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 42.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hancock county remained strongly Democratic, 54.8% to 42.4%.
Hancock county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Hancock, ME is leaning conservative.
Hancock County, Maine is somewhat liberal.
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.
Hancock, Maine: d D D D d D
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 Hancock, ME
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,207 contributions totaling $69,707 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $58 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 183 contributions totaling $34,742 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $190 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)