Aurora, Maine is a small town in Penobscot County with a population of just over 1,000 people. The local government is run by the Town Manager, and the elected Board of Selectmen who are responsible for running day-to-day operations in Aurora. Every year, Aurora has elections for the selectmen's seats and all citizens of Aurora can exercise their right to vote for those who will take on the responsibility of representing them. Local politics in Aurora are focused on making sure that the town's infrastructure and services are kept up-to-date and that people have access to quality healthcare and educational opportunities. Residents are encouraged to get involved in local politics, attend town meetings, and keep up with the news so they can make informed decisions when voting for their local candidates.
The political climate in Aurora, 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
Aurora, 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.
Aurora, 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 Aurora, ME
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 794 contributions totaling $40,106 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $51 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 138 contributions totaling $22,926 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $166 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)