Carrabassett Valley is a small town located in the rural western part of Maine. As such, it has a limited political landscape with few local political candidates. The town does not have its own elected officials, but instead relies on representation from the state and county level. In terms of state politics, Carrabassett Valley is part of District 31 which includes surrounding towns such as Anson, New Vineyard, Kingfield, and Freeman Township. At the county level, Carrabassett Valley is part of Franklin County which covers an area that stretches from Maine’s capital to Canada’s border. The citizens of Carrabassett Valley are represented by State Senator Scott Cyrway at the state level and County Commissioner David Fuller at the county level. Both politicians have won reelection multiple times in recent years due to their strong representation of their constituents' needs and desires. Overall, Carrabassett Valley's political landscape is driven largely by participation from surrounding towns and counties that elect representatives to speak on their behalf.
The political climate in Carrabassett Valley, ME is somewhat conservative.
Franklin County, ME is leaning conservative. In Franklin County, ME 46.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 50.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Franklin county remained Republican, 50.3% to 46.4%.
Franklin county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Carrabassett Valley, ME is somewhat conservative.
Franklin County, Maine is leaning conservative.
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.
Carrabassett Valley, Maine: d D D D r r
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 Carrabassett Valley, ME
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 141 contributions totaling $14,991 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $106 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 12 contributions totaling $4,415 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $368 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)