Shapleigh, Maine is a small town in York County. The politics of Shapleigh are largely influenced by the local community and its citizens. Residents of Shapleigh take pride in their democratic values and actively participate in the voting process during local, state and federal elections. The town has many civic organizations that provide opportunities for residents to get involved in advocating for political issues of importance. Issues like education, healthcare, and environmental protection are often discussed among members of the community. Local political candidates reflect the values of the community and often organize events to reach out to voters. In addition to local candidates, Shapleigh residents also have a vested interest in statewide candidates as well as national issues that may affect their daily lives.
The political climate in Shapleigh, ME is leaning conservative.
York County, ME is somewhat liberal. In York County, ME 54.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 42.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, York county remained strongly Democratic, 54.9% to 42.3%.
York county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Shapleigh, ME is leaning conservative.
York County, Maine is somewhat liberal.
Portland-South Portland Metro Area is strongly 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.
Shapleigh, 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 Shapleigh, ME
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 104 contributions totaling $5,010 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $48 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 70 contributions totaling $11,962 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $171 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)