Penobscot, ME is a small rural town that is known for its peaceful atmosphere and friendly residents. The town has an active and engaged citizen base that takes part in local politics. Penobscot has a mayor-council form of government, with the mayor overseeing day-to-day operations. The municipal council consists of nine members who are each elected by the citizens in their respective wards. This allows the people of Penobscot to have their voices heard in all decision making processes that pertain to the town. Each election brings out local residents to cast their ballots for individuals they feel will best represent them and make decisions that will benefit the entire community. Residents take their civic duty seriously when it comes time to fill these positions, and take pride in casting their votes for those who they believe will make Penobscot better for everyone.
The political climate in Penobscot, 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
Penobscot, 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.
Penobscot, 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 Penobscot, ME
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 518 contributions totaling $23,070 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $45 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 65 contributions totaling $17,445 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $268 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)