Canaan, ME is a small town located in Oxford County. Although it has a small population, its citizens are proud to be part of an engaged and involved community. Canaan's residents take the responsibility of electing their local political representatives seriously and regularly participate in town meetings to discuss important issues. During these meetings, candidates for local offices such as mayor and town council are presented. In 2020, the mayoral race featured three candidates; all of whom ran on platforms focused on job creation and economic growth. The election was closely contested but ultimately won by incumbent Mayor Erin Hickey, who ran on a platform emphasizing fiscal responsibility. The newly elected council members also have ambitious plans for the future of Canaan including maintaining the quality of services within the community while promoting public safety initiatives.
The political climate in Canaan, ME is moderately conservative.
Somerset County, ME is moderately conservative. In Somerset County, ME 37.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Somerset county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.4% to 37.0%.
Somerset county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Canaan, ME is moderately conservative.
Somerset County, Maine is moderately 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.
Canaan, Maine: d 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 Canaan, ME
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 43 contributions totaling $2,177 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $51 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 27 contributions totaling $611 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $23 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)