Surry, ME is a small town with a population of approximately 1,200 people. The town has an active local politics scene that focuses on issues that are important to the community. For example, residents have been actively discussing ways to improve the infrastructure of the town and ways to make sure that all taxes are being used responsibly. Local political candidates for Surry include Jonathan Smith, who is running for Mayor; Bobby Johnson, who is running for Town Council; and Sarah Roberts, who is running for Town Clerk. All three candidates are passionate about making sure that Surry remains a vibrant and enjoyable place for its citizens to live. They have strong visions for the future of the town and are committed to making sure that everyone in Surry is well represented in local politics.
The political climate in Surry, ME is leaning conservative.
Hancock County, ME is somewhat liberal. In Hancock County, ME 54.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 42.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hancock county remained strongly Democratic, 54.8% to 42.4%.
Hancock county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Surry, ME is leaning conservative.
Hancock County, Maine is somewhat 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.
Surry, 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 Surry, ME
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 280 contributions totaling $18,353 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $66 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 49 contributions totaling $4,806 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $98 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)