Levant, Maine is a small town located in Penobscot County. The local government consists of a three-person Board of Selectmen who are responsible for the day-to-day operations of the town. Each member is elected to a two-year term and holds office until the next election. In addition to the Selectmen, Levant also has an appointed Town Manager responsible for overseeing all town operations as well as Town Clerk responsible for managing all records related to vital statistics such as births, deaths, marriages, etc.
The local political climate in Levant is fairly conservative; most of the candidates running for office in recent years have been from the Republican party. Over the years, there has been some debate over topics like taxes and education reform but no major changes have occurred due to local opposition or lack of support from state legislators. With its small size and rural location, Levant generally does not receive much attention on the political stage and most decisions are made locally with little outside influence.
The political climate in Levant, ME is moderately conservative.
Penobscot County, ME is somewhat conservative. In Penobscot County, ME 44.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 52.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Penobscot county remained moderately Republican, 52.6% to 44.2%.
Penobscot county voted Republican again in 2020, after voting Democratic in 2012, 2008, and 2004.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Levant, ME is moderately conservative.
Penobscot County, Maine is somewhat conservative.
Bangor Metro Area 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.
Levant, Maine: r 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 Levant, ME
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 19 contributions totaling $2,231 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $117 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 20 contributions totaling $9,030 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $452 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)