St. Albans, ME is a small town in the state of Maine that has a strong sense of community and local pride. The town of St. Albans is governed by an elected board of selectmen and is responsible for providing public services to its residents such as police, fire, and water departments. Politically active citizens take part in the annual local election where they can choose from a wide range of candidates to represent them on important issues both locally and nationally. From choosing their representatives at the municipal level to voting on important state-wide initiatives such as healthcare reform or education initiatives, the people of St. Albans take their civic engagement seriously. As such, many organizations have been established to help promote civic engagement through voter registration drives and other outreach activities in order to ensure that everyone has a voice regardless of age, race, or economic background.
The political climate in St. Albans, ME is moderately conservative.
Somerset County, ME is moderately conservative. In Somerset County, ME 37.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Somerset county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.4% to 37.0%.
Somerset county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
St. Albans, ME is moderately conservative.
Somerset County, Maine is moderately 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.
St. Albans, 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 St. Albans, ME
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 62 contributions totaling $4,290 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $69 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 13 contributions totaling $1,077 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $83 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)