Brooksville, Maine is a small rural town located in the heart of the state. Despite its small size, the politics of the community are still highly relevant and impactful to its residents. Local political candidates are determined through elections that take place every two years, and decisions made by officials have a direct effect on the lives of people living there. Issues like local economic development, education, healthcare, public safety, and environmental protection all require attention from elected representatives in order to ensure Brooksville remains a safe and prosperous place to live. Overall, the politics of Brooksville are an important aspect of life for its citizens and serve as an example of democracy at work.
The political climate in Brooksville, 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
Brooksville, 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.
Brooksville, 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 Brooksville, ME
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 675 contributions totaling $83,269 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $123 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 51 contributions totaling $17,480 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $343 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)