Hartford, ME is a small town in Penobscot County, situated on the banks of the Penobscot River. Though Hartford is an unincorporated community, it has a long history of local political involvement and activism. Many of the town's residents are passionate about their local government and take part in local elections to ensure that their voices are heard. The town is served by a selectman which represents its interests in county-level decisions. Hartford also has representatives in Maine's House and Senate, who work to make sure that the needs of Hartford's citizens are represented in state politics. Residents of Hartford take pride in their town and are eager to keep their community running smoothly by participating in city council meetings and voting during local elections.
The political climate in Hartford, ME is somewhat conservative.
Oxford County, ME is somewhat conservative. In Oxford County, ME 44.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 52.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Oxford county remained moderately Republican, 52.8% to 44.1%.
Oxford county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Hartford, ME is somewhat conservative.
Oxford County, Maine is somewhat 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.
Hartford, 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 Hartford, ME
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 157 contributions totaling $4,872 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $31 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 22 contributions totaling $4,379 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $199 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)