Eustis, Maine is a small rural town located in the north-western corner of the state. While the town itself may be small, politics still plays an important role in the lives of its citizens. The local government consists of a three-member Board of Selectmen who are responsible for overseeing all aspects of the town’s operations. Additionally, each year during Town Meeting Day residents cast their votes to elect several other positions such as School Committee members, Budget Committee members, and Library Trustees. These elected officials serve two-year terms and work together to ensure Eustis is well managed and maintained. Additionally, all registered voters can participate in statewide and national elections by casting their ballots at the local polling station. Politics are important in Eustis and its citizens take pride in exercising their civic duty when it comes time to vote.
The political climate in Eustis, ME is leaning conservative.
Franklin County, ME is leaning conservative. In Franklin County, ME 46.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 50.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Franklin county remained Republican, 50.3% to 46.4%.
Franklin county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Eustis, ME is leaning conservative.
Franklin County, Maine is leaning 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.
Eustis, 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 Eustis, ME
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 7 contributions totaling $235 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $34 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 21 contributions totaling $2,745 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $131 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)