Industry, ME is a small rural town located in the northern part of Maine. It has a population of just over 800 people and is known for its farming and forestry industries. As one would expect in a small town, politics is heavily influenced by local community values. In Industry, citizens place an emphasis on maintaining the town’s traditional values while also striving for positive progress. Political initiatives often focus on providing support to local businesses, strengthening the area's agricultural sector, and addressing environmental issues. Local candidates are passionate about representing their constituents' interests and strive to create meaningful change that will benefit all of Industry's residents. Citizens take part in elections by attending town meetings where they can voice their opinions on important issues and elect representatives who share their values and understand their needs.
The political climate in Industry, 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
Industry, 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.
Industry, 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 Industry, ME
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 651 contributions totaling $51,825 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $80 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 79 contributions totaling $33,076 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $419 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)