St. Francis, ME is a small town located in Aroostook County. It is a quiet and peaceful town with a population of just over 1,000 people. The town has been represented in the Maine legislature by representatives from both major political parties over the years. While there is much debate about the state of politics in Maine, St. Francis primarily focuses on local issues that direct their day-to-day lives such as infrastructure development, business growth and public safety. Despite being a largely rural area, St. Francis has consistently stayed up to date on modern issues and taken steps towards progress by actively engaging with their local government representatives and engaging in meaningful discussions about important topics such as environmental protection, education reform and healthcare access. As part of this effort, the residents of St. Francis have recently come together to form the St. Francis Citizens' Council which is dedicated to ensuring that their voices are heard at all levels of government while advocating for policies that will help improve the quality of life in their community.
The political climate in St. Francis, ME is moderately conservative.
Aroostook County, ME is moderately conservative. In Aroostook County, ME 39.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 59.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Aroostook county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 59.1% to 39.0%.
Aroostook county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
St. Francis, ME is moderately conservative.
Aroostook 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. Francis, 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. Francis, ME
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4 contributions totaling $187 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $47 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)