Farmingdale, ME is a small town located in Kennebec County. It is home to approximately 2,500 residents who take great pride in their community and actively participate in local politics. The town's government is led by the Town Council, which consists of five councilors elected by the citizens every two years. The Town Council works to ensure that Farmingdale remains a safe and thriving place to live by addressing issues such as infrastructure, economic development and public safety. Local political candidates are often active members of the community or have close ties to the area, and they strongly advocate for their constituents' interests in local matters. The residents of Farmingdale take their civic responsibility seriously and are committed to having their voices heard when it comes to making decisions about the future of their town.
The political climate in Farmingdale, ME is leaning conservative.
Kennebec County, ME is leaning liberal. In Kennebec County, ME 48.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 48.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Kennebec county flipped narrowly Democratic, 48.6% to 48.3%.
Kennebec county flipped back to Democratic in the most recent Presidential election, after voting Republican in 2016.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Farmingdale, ME is leaning conservative.
Kennebec County, Maine is leaning liberal.
Augusta-Waterville Metro Area 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.
Farmingdale, Maine: D d D D r 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 Farmingdale, ME
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,100 contributions totaling $35,426 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $32 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 69 contributions totaling $15,334 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $222 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)