Moscow, Maine is a rural town located in the western part of the state with a population of around 2,000 people. Despite its small size, Moscow has a vibrant political culture with local elections often drawing large crowds of voters. Local candidates typically focus on pressing issues such as public safety, economic development, and infrastructure improvements. They also strive to protect the town's sense of community spirit by supporting initiatives that bring residents together and promoting activities that help foster relationships within the town. Residents can look forward to lively debates each election cycle as candidates discuss their platform and try to win over voters. All in all, politics in Moscow tend to be passionate yet respectful as citizens come together to decide who will best represent their interests.
The political climate in Moscow, ME is moderately conservative.
Somerset County, ME is moderately conservative. In Somerset County, ME 37.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Somerset county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.4% to 37.0%.
Somerset county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Moscow, ME is moderately conservative.
Somerset County, Maine is moderately 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.
Moscow, 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 Moscow, ME
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 9 contributions totaling $225 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $25 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 5 contributions totaling $248 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $50 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)