Brooks, ME is a small town located in Waldo County. In terms of politics, Brooks is fairly typical for a rural Maine town. Most of the residents hold conservative views and vote for Republican candidates in elections. The local government includes a Board of Selectmen, Town Manager, and other officials elected by the townspeople every two years. These selectman are responsible for overseeing the day to day operations of the town and making sure that the laws passed by the state legislature are followed. Additionally, each year there is an Annual Town Meeting where residents can gather together to discuss various initiatives and make decisions about the future of their community. While there are no local political candidates running in Brooks this year, citizens will still be able to exercise their right to vote on national issues as they come up during elections.
The political climate in Brooks, ME is leaning conservative.
Waldo County, ME is leaning liberal. In Waldo County, ME 50.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 46.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Waldo county remained Democratic, 50.8% to 46.0%.
Waldo county voted Democratic in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Republican in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Brooks, ME is leaning conservative.
Waldo County, Maine is leaning 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.
Brooks, Maine: r 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 Brooks, ME
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 180 contributions totaling $7,636 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $42 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 35 contributions totaling $5,474 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $156 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)