Bucksport, Maine is a small town with a population of around 5,000 people. It is located in the southern part of the state and has a rich history that dates back to its founding in 1762. The town is governed by an elected mayor and five-member town council. While there are no local political candidates at this time, the citizens of Bucksport are passionate about their political views and engage actively in the democratic process. Residents take advantage of their right to participate in elections by voting, attending local meetings related to politics, and engaging with representatives at all levels of government. Local issues such as taxes, education funding, infrastructure development, and environmental initiatives are important political topics for Bucksport's residents. In order to stay connected to these issues, citizens look to their local news sources for up-to-date information on politics in Bucksport and Maine as a whole.
The political climate in Bucksport, 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
Bucksport, 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.
Bucksport, 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 Bucksport, ME
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 352 contributions totaling $8,322 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $24 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 56 contributions totaling $11,072 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $198 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)