Union, ME is a small town in Maine with a population of just over 2,000 people. The town is governed by an elected Board of Selectmen who represent the interests of the citizens and manage local affairs. In recent elections, the residents have been faced with a variety of different candidates representing different ideologies. Local issues have included topics such as economic development, education funding, and infrastructure improvements. All candidates have expressed the desire to make Union a better place to live and work for all its citizens. In addition to local political candidates, many state representatives have also shown their support for the citizens of Union by attending meetings and voicing their opinions on matters important to them. The political atmosphere in Union is one where civility and respect are emphasized in order to ensure that all voices can be heard and considered while decisions are made on behalf of the community.
The political climate in Union, ME is leaning conservative.
Knox County, ME is moderately liberal. In Knox County, ME 58.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 38.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Knox county remained very strongly Democratic, 58.7% to 38.8%.
Knox county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Union, ME is leaning conservative.
Knox County, Maine is moderately 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.
Union, 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 Union, ME
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 198 contributions totaling $42,487 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $215 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 23 contributions totaling $3,170 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $138 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)