New Sharon, ME is a small town located in the central part of the state. It's a peaceful and friendly community, home to around 1,000 people who all support each other regardless of political differences. While there are no local political candidates running for office in New Sharon, residents do take an active role in politics by voting during elections and staying informed on issues that affect their community. Residents also host events where they can meet with elected officials and discuss local matters. Despite its small population, New Sharon is an involved participant in local politics.
The political climate in New Sharon, ME is somewhat 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
New Sharon, ME is somewhat 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.
New Sharon, 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 New Sharon, ME
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 660 contributions totaling $52,355 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $79 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 91 contributions totaling $34,253 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $376 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)