Acton, Maine is a small rural town located south of Lewiston. The town is home to an estimated 2,000 residents and is governed by a three-member Board of Selectmen appointed every three years. The town also has an elected Town Meeting form of government that allows for citizens to vote on local policies and budgets. As Acton is a small community, local political issues tend to focus on town infrastructure, businesses, development projects, and the education system. Each year, several candidates compete for the selectmen positions in order to bring their own ideas and visions for the future of Acton to the table. These election campaigns bring much enthusiasm and civic engagement from the residents in deciding who will serve on the board for the next few years.
The political climate in Acton, ME is leaning conservative.
York County, ME is somewhat liberal. In York County, ME 54.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 42.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, York county remained strongly Democratic, 54.9% to 42.3%.
York county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Acton, ME is leaning conservative.
York County, Maine is somewhat liberal.
Portland-South Portland Metro Area is strongly 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.
Acton, 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 Acton, ME
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 188 contributions totaling $7,087 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $38 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 80 contributions totaling $12,542 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $157 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)