Farmington, ME is a small town located in Somerset County. It has a long history of being politically active and engaged with its local government. Many of the residents are actively involved in their town’s political process, from attending public meetings to voting in elections. The Town Council is responsible for making decisions about the budget, zoning, and other aspects of life in Farmington. Residents also have the opportunity to make their voice heard by contacting their representatives or running for office at the local level. Currently there are four major political parties operating within Farmington; Democratic Party, Republican Party, Independent Party, and Libertarian Party all working together to foster dialogue and find solutions that work for everyone within the community. Although it may be small in size, Farmington is big on politics and takes great pride in having an informed and engaged citizenry when it comes to local government matters.
The political climate in Farmington, ME is leaning 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
Farmington, ME is leaning 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.
Farmington, 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 Farmington, ME
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,375 contributions totaling $108,561 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $79 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 172 contributions totaling $67,429 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $392 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)