Guilford, Maine is a small town located in Piscataquis County. It has a strong sense of community and an active local government. The politics in Guilford are centered around the Town Meeting, where residents come together to discuss and vote on the town’s budget and other important topics that affect the community. Residents can participate in the Town Meeting to have their voices heard by voting on issues that matter most to them. The local government also consists of several elected officials who work hard for the benefit of all residents. These officials include selectmen, library trustees, and school board members. Every year, there are elections held to determine who will fill these positions for the upcoming term. As a result, Guilford has a vibrant political culture which allows its citizens to be involved in creating their future together.
The political climate in Guilford, ME is moderately conservative.
Piscataquis County, ME is strongly conservative. In Piscataquis County, ME 35.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 62.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Piscataquis county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 62.0% to 35.5%.
Piscataquis county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Guilford, ME is moderately conservative.
Piscataquis County, Maine is strongly 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.
Guilford, Maine: R r r r 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 Guilford, ME
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 22 contributions totaling $916 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $42 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 38 contributions totaling $2,210 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $58 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)