Trenton, Maine is a small town located in Hancock County. It is a rural community with a population of 1,794 people. With such a small population, local politics in Trenton are relatively quiet and uneventful. Elections for local officials are held every two years, and historically there have been few candidates running for office. These elections usually focus on minor issues such as fostering economic development within the town or improving public services like road maintenance and snow plowing. Although there are not many candidates to choose from, voters can still be sure that their voices will be heard when it comes to making decisions on how the town should be run.
The political climate in Trenton, 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
Trenton, 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.
Trenton, 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 Trenton, ME
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 794 contributions totaling $40,106 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $51 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 137 contributions totaling $22,826 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $167 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)