The town of Mechanic Falls, ME is a vibrant and active community with many opportunities for civic engagement. Within the town there are a number of local political organizations, such as the Mechanic Falls Republican Committee and the Mechanic Falls Democratic Committee, that work to support their respective parties and candidates. Residents often attend meetings, rallies, and other events hosted by these organizations to help support their chosen party. The town is also home to a variety of state-wide and federal political offices that its residents can vote on in various elections such as the U.S. President, Maine’s Senators, Representative in Congress, Governor of Maine, State Senators and Representatives, County Commissioners, District Attorney’s Office, Clerk of Courts Office and more. While population numbers have no direct bearing on politics here in Mechanic Falls ME it does show how active its citizens are in supporting their preferred candidates by attending local events or voting in major elections.
The political climate in Mechanic Falls, ME is somewhat conservative.
Androscoggin County, ME is leaning conservative. In Androscoggin County, ME 47.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 49.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Androscoggin county remained Republican, 49.9% to 47.0%.
Androscoggin county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Mechanic Falls, ME is somewhat conservative.
Androscoggin County, Maine is leaning conservative.
Lewiston-Auburn Metro Area 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.
Mechanic Falls, 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 Mechanic Falls, ME
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 59 contributions totaling $3,125 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $53 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 54 contributions totaling $16,402 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $304 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)