Hope, ME is a small town that values its local politics. While there are no current local political candidates running for office, the residents of Hope take great pride in being actively involved in their community’s government. The town has a Board of Selectmen who oversee all important decisions, and the residents hold regular town meetings to discuss issues of importance to the community. The people of Hope are passionate about protecting their natural resources and preserving the town’s rural charm. The people also work hard to ensure that Hope remains an affordable place to live by maintaining low property taxes and finding ways to improve services while keeping costs down. The citizens of Hope are proud of their local politics and strive to make sure their voices are heard when decisions are made that affect their lives.
The political climate in Hope, ME is leaning conservative.
Knox County, ME is moderately liberal. In Knox County, ME 58.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 38.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Knox county remained very strongly Democratic, 58.7% to 38.8%.
Knox county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Hope, ME is leaning conservative.
Knox County, Maine is moderately 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.
Hope, 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 Hope, ME
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 73 contributions totaling $9,083 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $124 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 8 contributions totaling $645 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $81 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)